Cortexyme (NASDAQ:CRTX) Stock Passes Above 200 Day Moving Average – Here’s What Happened

Cortexyme, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRTXGet Free Report) shares passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of $2.12 and traded as high as $2.95. Cortexyme shares last traded at $2.68, with a volume of 618,343 shares trading hands.

Cortexyme Trading Up 0.4%

The stock has a market cap of $81.11 million, a PE ratio of -0.91 and a beta of 1.40. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $2.92 and its 200-day moving average price is $2.12.

About Cortexyme

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Cortexyme, Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and other chronic conditions associated with bacterial proteases. The company’s research centers on targeting virulence factors produced by the oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis, an organism increasingly implicated in neurodegeneration. By inhibiting the activity of gingipains—proteolytic enzymes secreted by P. gingivalis—Cortexyme aims to reduce inflammation and tissue damage in the brain and other organs.

The company’s lead product candidate, atuzaginstat (COR388), is a small-molecule inhibitor designed to cross the blood–brain barrier and neutralize gingipain activity.

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