Advertisement

Why Beam Therapeutics Stock Rocketed Higher This Week

Shares of the clinical-stage base-editing company Beam Therapeutics (NASDAQ: BEAM) stormed higher through the first four days of trading this week. Beam's sizable uptick seems to simply be a rebound following last week's 23% drop in its share price. Clinical-stage biotech stocks have been extremely volatile this year, thanks to rising interest rates, geopolitical turmoil, and investors' general aversion to risk right now.