DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ advanced 1.52% to $450.27 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.11% to 6,092.18 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.19% to 43,089.02.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 13.39% below its 52-week high of $519.88, which the company reached on November 8th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 0.97% to $185.55, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 4.17% to $143.67, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 7.19% to $13.41.
Trading volume (1.1 M) remained 600,977 below its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 24, 2025.
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June 24, 2025 16:37 ET (20:37 GMT)
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