DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ slid 1.37% to $435.65 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.26% to 7,041.28 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.24% to 48,578.72.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 14.71% below its 52-week high of $510.77, which the company reached on April 30th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 0.27% to $208.99, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 1.67% to $264.06, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 2.55% to $8.84.
Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 91,852 below its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 16, 2026.
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April 16, 2026 16:37 ET (20:37 GMT)
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