DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rallied 4.17% to $477.92 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.97% to 6,932.30 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 2.47% to 50,115.67.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 8.04% below its 52-week high of $519.68, which the company achieved on March 14th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 2.01% to $223.43, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 1.91% to $272.74, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 7.83% to $7.57.
Trading volume (1.6 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 6, 2026.
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February 06, 2026 16:38 ET (21:38 GMT)
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