DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ shed 1.01% to $547.29 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.02% to 7,675.70 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.21% to 53,463.88.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 1.51% short of its 52-week high of $555.69, which the company achieved on August 25th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ fell 1.09% to $262.90, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 1.00% to $359.76, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 2.53% to $15.83.
Trading volume (830,327) remained 771,469 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 26, 2026.