shares of novavax inc nvax inched 050 higher to 598 monday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the nasdaq composite index comp rising 039 to 1167554 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 120 to 3224458 novavax inc closed 7939 below its 52week high 8537 which the company achieved on march 22nd the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors monday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 099 to 15389 pfizer inc pfe rose 177 to 4081 and merck  co inc mrk rose 168 to 10585 trading volume 33 m remained 37 million below its 50day average volume of 69 m editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use