DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ slid 1.98% to $441.99 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.84% to 5,982.72 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.70% to 42,215.80.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of losses.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 14.98% below its 52-week high of $519.88, which the company achieved on November 8th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ fell 2.82% to $185.48, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 2.27% to $130.02, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 4.58% to $12.28.
Trading volume (1.3 M) remained 424,420 below its 50-day average volume of 1.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 17, 2025.
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June 17, 2025 16:37 ET (20:37 GMT)
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