In early trading on Tuesday, shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 7.8%. Year to date, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, registers a 9.5% gain.
And the worst performing Nasdaq 100 component thus far on the day is Atlassian, trading down 4.8%. Atlassian is lower by about 51.8% looking at the year to date performance.
Two other components making moves today are Qualcomm, trading down 3.6%, and Western Digital, trading up 5.6% on the day.
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