Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains

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DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains

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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rallied 3.37% to $484.15 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.34% to 6,920.93 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.94% to 48,996.08.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 6.84% short of its 52-week high of $519.68, which the company reached on March 14th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 4.24% to $233.42, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 1.21% to $246.37, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 3.48% to $6.84.

Trading volume (1.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 7, 2026.

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