DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ slid 1.84% to $469.34 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.61% to 6,632.19 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.26% to 46,558.47.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of losses.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 9.69% short of its 52-week high of $519.68, which the company achieved on March 14th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ fell 2.52% to $219.68, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 1.61% to $247.26, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 4.57% to $6.68.
Trading volume (1.1 M) remained 396,082 below its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 13, 2026.
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March 13, 2026 16:37 ET (20:37 GMT)
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