Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) Outperforms Broader Market: What You Need to Know

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) closed the most recent trading day at $509.47, moving +1.19% from the previous trading session. The stock outperformed the S&P 500, which registered a daily gain of 0.15%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.35%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, lost 0.09%.Heading into today, shares of the drugmaker had gained 3.87% over the past month, outpacing the Medical sector's loss of 4.39% and the S&P 500's loss of 0.21% in that time.The upcoming earnings release of Vertex Pharmaceuticals wi ...