shares of catalyst pharmaceuticals inc cprx inched 062 higher to 1612 friday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the nasdaq composite index comp rising 031 to 1182396 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 041 to 3223753 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak catalyst pharmaceuticals inc closed 599 below its 52week high 2211 which the company achieved on january 13th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors friday as johnson  johnson jnj rose 101 to 15265 pfizer inc pfe rose 052 to 4039 and abbott laboratories abt rose 104 to 9805 trading volume 14 m remained 10 million below its 50day average volume of 24 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