DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rallied 3.13% to $441.74 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.41% to 7,584.31 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.73% to 51,561.93.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 13.03% below its 52-week high of $507.92, which the company reached on March 10th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 3.60% to $224.94, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 1.98% to $307.79, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 5.79% to $8.04.
Trading volume (1.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 4, 2026.
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June 04, 2026 16:38 ET (20:38 GMT)
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