Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day

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DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day

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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ inched 0.94% higher to $494.61 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.02% to 5,985.38 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.11% to 43,958.19.

The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed $25.27 short of its 52-week high ($519.88), which the company reached on November 8th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ fell 0.43% to $170.35, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 1.60% to $184.22, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 2.04% to $19.18.

Trading volume (963,206) remained 85,089 below its 50-day average volume of 1.0 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled November 13, 2024.

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