DJ Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Monday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. $(VRTX)$ slid 1.06% to $480.50 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.19% to 7,443.28 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.59% to 51,839.26.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 9.96% short of its 52-week high of $533.67, which the company achieved on July 7th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as AbbVie Inc. $(ABBV)$ fell 0.44% to $253.38, Krystal Biotech Inc. (KRYS) fell 4.41% to $339.22, and Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. $(ARCT)$ fell 1.32% to $5.97.
Trading volume (1.1 M) remained 499,021 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 20, 2026.
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July 20, 2026 16:37 ET (20:37 GMT)
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