Novartis AG closed at $160.25 on Nov 12, down 0.04%, 5.0% below its 52-week closing high. Volume of 2.1M shares was 0.97× its 20-day average (close to normal).
Split-adjusted performance: +9.1% over one month, +7.0% over six months, +22.8% over one year.
In the quarter ended Jun 30, 2016, revenue was $12.68B, down 1.7% from a year earlier, with a net margin of 14.2%.
Short interest was 4.5M shares at the Oct 30 settlement, down 19.2% from the prior report (1.9 days to cover).