DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ slid 4.56% to $498.43 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.28% to 7,482.71 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.09% to 52,348.39.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 6.60% short of its 52-week high of $533.67, which the company reached on July 7th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ fell 0.75% to $252.74, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 1.84% to $375.40, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 3.95% to $7.30.
Trading volume (2.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 8, 2026.
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July 08, 2026 16:36 ET (20:36 GMT)
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