Biggest Movers in Healthcare Stocks Now – IMGN NPSP ACAD BMRN
by Portfolio Grader | April 16, 2014 1:00 pm
Healthcare stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Wednesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.4%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6%, the Nasdaq was up 0.7% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.6%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Immunogen (IMGN[1]): IMGN stock is up 9.8% today.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP[2]): NPSP stock is up 8.0% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD[3]): ACAD stock is up 3.6% today.
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc (BMRN[4]): BMRN stock is up 2.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Conmed Corp (CNMD[5]): CNMD stock is up 2.5% today.
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN[6]): REGN stock is up 2.5% today.
- Wright Medical Group (WMGI[7]): WMGI stock is up 2.2% today.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX[8]): CLDX stock is up 2.0% today.
- Wuxi Pharmatech [Cayman] Inc (WX[9]): WX stock is up 1.9% today.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[10]): PBYI stock is up 1.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- St. Jude Medical (STJ[11]): STJ stock is down 2.2% today.
- Mannkind Corp (MNKD[12]): MNKD stock is down 1.4%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD[13]): IRWD stock is down 1.2% today.
- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (RDY[14]): RDY stock is down 1.4% today.
- Select Medical Holdings Corp (SEM[15]): SEM stock is down 0.9% today.
- Tenet Healthcare Corp (THC[16]): THC stock is down 0.8% today.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS[17]): CLVS stock is down 0.6% today.
- Theravance (THRX[18]): THRX stock is down 0.4% today.
- Hospira Inc (HSP[19]): HSP stock is down 0.6% today.
- Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA[20]): ARNA stock is down 0.3% 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.
Endnotes:
- IMGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IMGN
- NPSP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NPSP
- ACAD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACAD
- BMRN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BMRN
- CNMD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CNMD
- REGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=REGN
- WMGI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WMGI
- CLDX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLDX
- WX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WX
- PBYI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBYI
- STJ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=STJ
- MNKD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MNKD
- IRWD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IRWD
- RDY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RDY
- SEM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SEM
- THC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=THC
- CLVS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLVS
- THRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=THRX
- HSP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HSP
- ARNA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ARNA
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