DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Friday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ shed 4.56% to $433.07 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.67% to 6,368.85 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.73% to 45,166.64.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 15.21% short of its 52-week high of $510.77, which the company achieved on April 30th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ fell 0.81% to $209.40, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 2.39% to $245.39, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 4.52% to $6.76.
Trading volume (1.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 27, 2026.
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March 27, 2026 16:38 ET (20:38 GMT)
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