DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ slipped 1.72% to $416.96 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.21% to 5,937.34 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.16% to 43,153.13.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 19.80% below its 52-week high of $519.88, which the company reached on November 8th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 1.37% to $173.70, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 1.11% to $144.81, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 1.49% to $17.01.
Trading volume (1.2 M) remained 404,405 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 16, 2025.
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January 16, 2025 16:39 ET (21:39 GMT)
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