DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ slipped 1.68% to $432.00 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.72% to 5,886.55 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.64% to 42,140.43.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 16.90% below its 52-week high of $519.88, which the company achieved on November 8th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ fell 1.09% to $188.00, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 3.51% to $134.53, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 2.33% to $11.86.
Trading volume (2.6 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 13, 2025.
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