shares of vertex pharmaceuticals inc vrtx inched 028 higher to 28683 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 075 to 385297 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 040 to 3326977 the stocks rise snapped a twoday losing streak vertex pharmaceuticals inc closed 3792 below its 52week high 32475 which the company reached on december 8th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors wednesday as abbvie inc abbv rose 081 to 16369 krystal biotech inc krys rose 090 to 7994 and arcturus therapeutics holdings inc arct rose 192 to 1702 trading volume 11 m remained 385288 below its 50day average volume of 15 m editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use