DJ Eli Lilly & Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) rallied 1.28% to $1,152.44 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.14% to 7,637.76 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.61% to 51,778.04.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Eli Lilly & Co. closed 10.85% short of its 52-week high of $1,292.65, which the company achieved on August 19th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 1.10% to $270.22, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 0.66% to $27.64, and AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 0.58% to $264.02.
Trading volume (1.9 M) remained 629,541 below its 50-day average volume of 2.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 17, 2026.