DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rallied 2.01% to $416.81 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.53% to 6,664.01 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.52% to 46,190.61.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 19.83% short of its 52-week high of $519.88, which the company reached on November 8th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 1.19% to $229.57, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 1.01% to $190.23, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 4.92% to $20.66.
Trading volume (1.0 M) remained 652,831 below its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled October 17, 2025.
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October 17, 2025 16:39 ET (20:39 GMT)
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