AZN — AstraZeneca plc
AZN — AstraZeneca plc — is admitted to trading on NASDAQ.
Its activity is classified under Healthcare, in the Drug Manufacturers—General industry.
Searching for the AstraZeneca plc share price, or whether to buy AZN? This page brings together a live chart, momentum and risk scores, fresh news and community sentiment.
VAQO runs a statistical model over AZN that reads seven technical indicators and translates them into an opportunity score and a risk score — including which factors drove them.
How אסטרהזניקה (AZN) is trading
אסטרהזניקה (AZN) is up 1.23% at $166.59.
Through the session AZN traded between $164.62 and $166.81, a range worth 1.3% of the share price. The current price sits at 90% of that daily range.
Closing at the top of the daily range is read as a sign of strength: buyers held control into the close rather than giving ground late in the session.
Volume ran near 2.1M shares. Volume matters because it separates a price move backed by broad participation from one driven by a handful of trades.
AZN sector and context
אסטרהזניקה operates in the Healthcare sector, within Drug Manufacturers—General, and is listed on NASDAQ.
Sector is not a technicality: companies in the same sector move together in response to interest rates, regulation and the economic cycle, and a move in AZN often reflects an industry trend rather than anything happening at the company. The useful comparison is against direct peers, not against the broad index.
Names traded alongside AZN in the same sector: PFE (Pfizer Inc), JNJ (Johnson & Johnson), UNH (UnitedHealth Group Inc), MRK (Merck & Co Inc), ABBV (AbbVie Inc).
What VAQO's model says about AZN
VAQO runs two statistical models over AZN, trained on real market data and executed inside the browser without sending anything to a server. They report three separate measures — momentum, risk and opportunity — instead of a single arrow announcing where the stock is headed.
That separation comes from the numbers themselves: the direction model reaches 54.7% accuracy across 73,781 samples, barely better than a coin flip. The volatility model reaches 77.1% across 120,467 samples, because predicting how much an asset will move is a far easier problem than predicting which way it will move.
In practice for AZN: the risk measure is the more dependable half, and the directional read is a hint rather than a claim. Full accuracy figures are published on the model page, including when they fall.
Key facts
- Symbol: AZN
- Name: AstraZeneca plc
- Sector: Healthcare
- Industry: Drug Manufacturers—General
- Exchange: NASDAQ
- Instrument: Stock
AZN — frequently asked questions
How much does AZN stock cost today?
אסטרהזניקה (AZN) trades at $166.59, a change of +1.23% in the latest session.
Is AZN up or down today?
AZN is up 1.23% in the latest session, at $166.59.
What is the daily trading range for AZN?
AZN traded between $164.62 and $166.81 in the latest session, and currently trades at $166.59.
What is the trading volume for AZN?
AZN traded roughly 2.1M shares in the latest session.
Which exchange is AZN listed on?
AZN is listed on NASDAQ, in the Healthcare sector.
Should I buy AZN stock?
VAQO gives no buy or sell recommendations and is not an investment adviser. What it does provide for AZN: momentum, risk and opportunity scoring from a model whose accuracy is published openly, a real-time price, news synthesised from multiple outlets, and community sentiment — so a decision can rest on data.
AZN appears in
Others in Healthcare
- PFE — Pfizer Inc
- JNJ — Johnson & Johnson
- UNH — UnitedHealth Group Inc
- MRK — Merck & Co Inc
- ABBV — AbbVie Inc
- LLY — Eli Lilly and Company
Last updated: 2026-09-27