Why Verve Therapeutics Is Skyrocketing Today

Verve Therapeutics (VERV 23.79%) stock is seeing explosive gains Tuesday. The biotech company's share price was up 24.5% as of 12:30 p.m. ET and had been up as much as 41% earlier in the session.Yesterday, Verve published promising data from its Heart-2 Phase 1b clinical trial of its VERVE-102 treatment for heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) and premature coronary artery disease. Several analysts have now raised their price targets on the stock, and investors are buying up shares in response. ...