DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ advanced 2.55% to $401.00 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.69% to 6,415.54 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.55% to 45,295.81.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 22.87% short of its 52-week high of $519.88, which the company reached on November 8th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 0.72% to $211.92, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 0.88% to $149.00, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 1.82% to $16.70.
Trading volume (1.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 2, 2025.
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