DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ shed 1.36% to $465.61 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.84% to 6,917.81 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.34% to 49,240.99.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 10.40% short of its 52-week high of $519.68, which the company reached on March 14th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 0.01% to $225.66, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 0.96% to $279.57, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 0.68% to $7.32.
Trading volume (1.0 M) remained 368,755 below its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 3, 2026.
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February 03, 2026 16:38 ET (21:38 GMT)
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