DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rose 1.48% to $447.18 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.39% to 5,940.46 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.27% to 42,677.24.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 13.98% short of 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 0.46% to $184.85, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 0.56% to $131.55, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 5.92% to $12.70.
Trading volume (1.5 M) remained 307,371 below its 50-day average volume of 1.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 20, 2025.
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