DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rallied 1.28% to $484.83 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.49% to 54,349.12 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.17% to 7,723.55.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 9.15% below its 52-week high of $533.67, which the company achieved on July 7th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 0.98% to $246.20, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 0.31% to $325.78, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 0.64% to $6.26.
Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 243,263 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 5, 2026.
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