DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rallied 1.45% to $475.20 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.35% to 51,848.90 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.10% to 7,358.22.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 6.44% short of 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 Wednesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 0.06% to $234.89, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 2.18% to $347.63, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 0.99% to $7.01.
Trading volume (1.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 24, 2026.
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June 24, 2026 16:37 ET (20:37 GMT)
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