DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ slid 1.34% to $470.72 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.48% to 7,600.50 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.32% to 53,178.41.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 11.80% below its 52-week high of $533.67, which the company reached on July 7th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ fell 2.33% to $245.10, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 8.37% to $312.57, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 4.17% to $6.00.
Trading volume (1.5 M) remained 122,620 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 3, 2026.
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