Novartis stock heads into Monday with Kisqali Canada nod and $23 billion U.S. R&D build-out in focus
Novartis closed the day up in Zurich, gaining 0.57% to finish at 119.96 francs, while its U.S. ADRs advanced 1.54%, settling at $156.42.
Novartis AG stock heads into earnings week after Friday close near 115 francs
Novartis shares closed Friday on the SIX Swiss Exchange at 114.62 Swiss francs, gaining 0.3% for the session. With markets closed over the weekend, attention shifts to the company’s upcoming update.
Novartis stock price: NOVN ends higher on FDA Breakthrough tag for Sjögren’s drug ianalumab — what to watch next week
Novartis shares rose close to 1% on Friday after the Swiss pharma giant announced that U.S. regulators had granted a Breakthrough Therapy designation to ianalumab, its drug candidate for Sjögren’s disease. The stock finished at 115.60 Swiss francs on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Novartis AG stock stays near a 52-week high after Florida radioligand plant plan
Novartis AG is set to open a radioligand therapy manufacturing plant in Winter Park, Florida, part of its broader $23 billion U.S. production expansion. Shares of the Swiss drugmaker ended Friday up 0.25% at 114.04 Swiss francs, just shy of their 52-week peak of 114.64. CEO Vas Narasimhan described the facility as “an important step,” while Florida’s commerce chief J. Alex Kelly welcomed the move as an opportunity to bring in “world class innovators.”
Swiss Stock Market Today, 21 November 2025: SMI Holds Near Flat as Tech Slides and Defensives Lift Zurich
The Swiss stock market opened under pressure on Friday but quickly stabilised, with the Swiss Market Index hovering just above the previous day’s close as investors rotated out of high‑flying tech names and into defensive blue chips.
Tariff Shocks & Rate Jitters Ignite Wild 48 Hours in European Markets
European equities seesawed over the two days, buffeted by transatlantic trade tensions and shifting rate expectations. On Thursday Sept. 25, the STOXX Europe 600 index dropped 0.7%, touching levels not seen in three weeks reuters.com. Almost every major bourse closed in the red reuters.com as traders digested a slew of worrying signals: fresh U.S. trade investigations into high-tech imports, surprisingly robust U.S. economic data, and guarded comments from central bankers. By Friday Sept. 26, however, markets regained footing – the STOXX 600 ticked up roughly +0.3% by midday reuters.com and was on track to finish the eventful week slightly higher brecorder.com. The late-week relief came as investors pivoted to bargain-hunting in financial and industrial shares and awaited key U.S. inflation data for clues on interest rates reuters.com.