DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ slipped 1.29% to $454.67 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.19% to 6,963.74 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.80% to 49,191.99.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 12.51% below its 52-week high of $519.68, which the company reached on March 14th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 0.32% to $220.75, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 7.28% to $291.93, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 0.53% to $7.57.
Trading volume (1.3 M) remained 55,568 below its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 13, 2026.
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January 13, 2026 16:37 ET (21:37 GMT)
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