DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Rises Wednesday, Still Underperforms Market
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rose 2.10% to $482.30 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 9.52% to 5,456.90 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 7.87% to 40,608.45.
The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 7.23% short of its 52-week high of $519.88, which the company reached on November 8th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 2.37% to $179.84, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 5.97% to $168.16, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 10.21% to $9.82.
Trading volume (3.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 9, 2025.
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April 09, 2025 16:36 ET (20:36 GMT)
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