Healthcare stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Monday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.5%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.1% higher, the Nasdaq was unchanged and the S&P 500 climbed 0.1%.

Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:

• Furiex Pharmaceuticals (FURX): FURX stock is up 27.9% today.

• Astrazeneca Plc (AZN): AZN stock is up 15.5% to a new 52-week high of $79.33.

• Techne Corp (TECH): TECH stock is up 4.0% today.

• Pfizer Inc (PFE): PFE stock is up 3.1% today.

• Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY): ALNY stock is up 2.5% today.

• Shire Plc American Depositary Shares (SHPG): SHPG stock is up 2.4% today.

• Gilead Sciences (GILD): GILD stock is up 1.6% today.

• Sanofi-Aventis Sa (SNY): SNY stock is up 1.6% today.

• Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (SRPT): SRPT stock is up 1.2% today and up 56.5% in the last month.

• Novartis Ag (NVS): NVS stock is up 1.4% today.

Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:

• Haemonetics Corp (HAE): HAE stock is down 7.0% to a new 52-week low of $30.92.

• Mylan Inc (MYL): MYL stock is down 4.1% today.

• Parexel International Corp (PRXL): PRXL stock is down 2.9% today.

• Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX): PCRX stock is down 2.5% today.

• Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is down 3.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD): ACAD stock is down 2.4% today.

• Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is down 2.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH): LH stock is down 2.5% today.

• Lannett Co Inc (LCI): LCI stock is down 2.4%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Aegerion Pharmaceuticals (AEGR): AEGR stock is down 1.1% today.

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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.