DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rallied 1.71% to $426.27 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index remaining mostly unchanged at 6,735.35 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.47% to 46,924.74.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 18.01% 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. $(ABBV)$ fell 0.29% to $231.39, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 2.64% to $190.78, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 7.67% to $23.16.
Trading volume (1.1 M) remained 516,168 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled October 21, 2025.
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October 21, 2025 16:39 ET (20:39 GMT)
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