DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rallied 3.48% to $496.83 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.43% to 6,878.88 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.05% to 48,977.92.
The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 4.40% below its 52-week high of $519.68, which the company reached on March 14th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 3.29% to $232.08, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 0.26% to $275.64, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 1.08% to $8.23.
Trading volume (1.8 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 27, 2026.
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February 27, 2026 16:38 ET (21:38 GMT)
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