DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Monday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ slid 1.48% to $470.87 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.47% to 6,964.82 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.04% to 50,135.87.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 9.39% short of its 52-week high of $519.68, which the company reached on March 14th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ fell 0.08% to $223.26, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 0.05% to $272.61, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 0.53% to $7.53.
Trading volume (1.8 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 9, 2026.
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February 09, 2026 16:37 ET (21:37 GMT)
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