DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rose 2.29% to $446.00 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 2.05% to 5,921.54 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.78% to 42,343.65.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 14.21% short of its 52-week high of $519.88, which the company achieved on November 8th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 1.34% to $185.72, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 1.12% to $126.45, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 1.39% to $12.03.
Trading volume (2.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 27, 2025.
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