DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ rallied 1.44% to $548.05 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.43% to 7,674.37 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.98% to 53,277.01.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 1.02% below its 52-week high of $553.69, which the company achieved on August 19th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ rose 1.20% to $264.96, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) rose 2.84% to $346.58, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ rose 22.38% to $13.45.
Trading volume (977,552) remained 637,119 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 21, 2026.