shares of vertex pharmaceuticals inc vrtx inched 098 higher to 32310 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 146 to 407660 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 109 to 3408604 vertex pharmaceuticals inc closed 165 below its 52week high 32475 which the company reached on december 8th the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors tuesday as abbvie inc abbv rose 144