DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rallied 1.40% to $429.85 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.41% to 7,200.75 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.13% to 48,941.90.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 15.37% below its 52-week high of $507.92, which the company reached on March 10th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 0.76% to $208.16, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 7.86% to $286.95, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 0.70% to $8.57.
Trading volume (1.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 4, 2026.
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May 04, 2026 16:39 ET (20:39 GMT)
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