Healthcare stocks advanced 1.1% on Wall Street on Friday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.7% higher, the Nasdaq was up 1.0% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.7% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Mannkind Corp (MNKD): MNKD stock is up 5.8% today.
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is up 6.3% today.
- Community Health Systems (CYH): CYH stock is up 3.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO): HALO stock is up 2.7% today.
- Tenet Healthcare Corp (THC): THC stock is up 3.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Mylan Inc (MYL): MYL stock is up 3.0% today.
- Smith & Nephew Snats (SNN): SNN stock is up 2.7% today.
- Incyte Corp (INCY): INCY stock is up 2.1% today.
- Medtronic Inc (MDT): MDT stock is up 2.4% today.
- Kindred Healthcare (KND): KND stock is up 2.5% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS): CLVS stock is down 4.7% today.
- Gilead Sciences (GILD): GILD stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP): NPSP stock is down 0.8% today.
- Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (AUXL): AUXL stock is down 0.9% today.
- Aegerion Pharmaceuticals (AEGR): AEGR stock is down 1.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Heartware International (HTWR): HTWR stock is down 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI): PBYI stock is down 1.1% today.
- Edwards Lifesciences Corp (EW): EW stock is down 0.5% today.
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD): IRWD stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Neogen Corp (NEOG): NEOG stock is down 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
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Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.
