American Express Company (AXP), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM): Consumers Inflict a Painful Ending to the Dow (.DJI)’s Erratic Week

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A few stocks have managed to make gains despite the markets woes, however. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) shares rank among the handful of holdouts on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI), gaining 0.5%. Yesterday Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) and Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd(ADR) (OTCMKTS:TKPYY) won a $2.15 billion settlement in a patent-infringement case over generic copies of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd(ADR) (OTCMKTS:TKPYY)’s Protonix, a heartburn relief therapy. It’s a big win for Big Pharma, which has struggled recently with the patent cliff as sales of top drugs have fallen off due to patent expirations.

The article Consumers Inflict a Painful Ending to the Dow’s Erratic Week originally appeared on Fool.com is written by Dan Carroll.

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