DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ inched 0.72% higher to $451.23 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index remaining mostly unchanged at 5,917.11 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.32% to 43,408.47.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed $68.65 below its 52-week high ($519.88), which the company reached on November 8th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 0.71% to $167.76, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 0.14% to $178.10, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 10.47% to $16.17.
Trading volume (1.6 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.1 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled November 20, 2024.
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November 20, 2024 16:41 ET (21:41 GMT)
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