DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rose 2.33% to $443.16 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.11% to 45,216.14 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.39% to 6,343.72.
The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 13.24% below its 52-week high of $510.77, which the company achieved on April 30th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 1.78% to $213.12, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 0.63% to $246.94, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 2.07% to $6.90.
Trading volume (1.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 30, 2026.
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March 30, 2026 16:38 ET (20:38 GMT)
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