DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rose 1.56% to $452.16 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.91% to 44,494.94 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.11% to 6,198.01.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 13.03% 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 Tuesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 2.35% to $189.99, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 1.13% to $139.01, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 0.15% to $12.99.
Trading volume (1.1 M) remained 528,100 below its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 1, 2025.
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