DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rallied 1.80% to $476.84 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.50% to 6,950.23 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.64% to 49,412.40.
This was the stock's sixth consecutive day of gains.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 8.24% below its 52-week high of $519.68, which the company achieved on March 14th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 0.69% to $220.77, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 0.99% to $278.75, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 2.26% to $7.36.
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 26, 2026.
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January 26, 2026 16:37 ET (21:37 GMT)
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