DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ slid 1.08% to $387.15 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.57% to 46,018.32 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.10% to 6,600.35.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 25.53% short of its 52-week high of $519.88, which the company achieved on November 8th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 2.10% to $220.81, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 0.21% to $154.05, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 0.22% to $18.05.
Trading volume (2.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 17, 2025.
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