DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ shed 1.20% to $429.60 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.58% to 5,663.94 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.62% to 41,368.45.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 17.37% short of its 52-week high of $519.88, which the company achieved on November 8th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ fell 1.33% to $185.58, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 0.27% to $137.17, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 3.93% to $11.38.
Trading volume (2.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 8, 2025.
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May 08, 2025 16:38 ET (20:38 GMT)
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