DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rallied 1.69% to $499.65 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.18% to 7,440.43 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.59% to 52,182.74.
This was the stock's sixth consecutive day of gains.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 1.63% below its 52-week high of $507.92, which the company achieved on March 10th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 0.38% to $254.31, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 1.58% to $378.15, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 0.87% to $6.82.
Trading volume (2.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 29, 2026.
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June 29, 2026 16:37 ET (20:37 GMT)
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