Gilead Sciences (GILD) stock price has staged a strong comeback this year, helped by strong earnings and a recent $40 million settlement with American authorities. It has risen for two consecutive weeks,

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Gilead Sciences Inc. closed $3.98 short of its 52-week high ($87.87), which the company achieved on January 19th.

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There was some good news in the clinical sphere for Gilead Sciences ( GILD 2.74%) on Thursday, and this drove its stock price up by almost 3% that trading session. A late-stage clinical trial of an investigational drug yielded encouraging initial results, hence the rise. In comparison, the S&P 500 index inched up by 0.8% on the day.

Shares of Gilead Sciences Inc. GILD dropped 0.13% to $83.05 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.03% to 5,634.58 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.04% to 41,606.18.