Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day

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DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day

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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ slid 2.36% to $451.59 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.36% to 6,624.70 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.63% to 46,225.15.

This was the stock's sixth consecutive day of losses.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 12.43% short of its 52-week high of $515.67, which the company achieved on March 20th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ fell 5.20% to $208.34, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 2.15% to $250.83, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 2.50% to $6.55.

Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 158,138 below its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 18, 2026.

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