Biggest Movers in Healthcare Stocks Now – ISRG NKTR PCRX QCOR
by Portfolio Grader | April 1, 2014 12:00 pm
Healthcare stocks advanced 0.8% on Wall Street on Tuesday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, the Nasdaq increased 1.1% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Intuitive Surgical (ISRG[1]): ISRG stock is up 14.3%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR[2]): NKTR stock is up 6.3% today.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX[3]): PCRX stock is up 5.0% today.
- Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR[4]): QCOR stock is up 4.7% today.
- Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (AUXL[5]): AUXL stock is up 4.3% today.
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN[6]): ALXN stock is up 4.4% today.
- Celgene Corp (CELG[7]): CELG stock is up 4.1% today.
- Horizon Pharma Inc (HZNP[8]): HZNP stock is up 4.1% today and up 23.1% in the last month.
- Theravance (THRX[9]): THRX stock is up 3.8% today.
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN[10]): REGN stock is up 3.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- The Medicines Company (MDCO[11]): MDCO stock is down 15.7% to a new 52-week low of $23.95.
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA[12]): TEVA stock is down 0.9% today.
- Sanofi-Aventis Sa (SNY[13]): SNY stock is down 0.9% today.
- Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO[14]): NVO stock is down 0.7% today.
- Covidien Plc. (COV[15]): COV stock is down 0.7% today.
- Glaxosmithkline Plc (GSK[16]): GSK stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Novartis Ag (NVS[17]): NVS stock is down 0.6% today.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc (ENDP[18]): ENDP stock is down 0.7% today.
- Sangamo Biosciences (SGMO[19]): SGMO stock is down 0.6% today.
- Novadaq Technologies (NVDQ[20]): NVDQ 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:
- ISRG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ISRG
- NKTR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NKTR
- PCRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PCRX
- QCOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=QCOR
- AUXL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AUXL
- ALXN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ALXN
- CELG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CELG
- HZNP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HZNP
- THRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=THRX
- REGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=REGN
- MDCO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MDCO
- TEVA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TEVA
- SNY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SNY
- NVO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NVO
- COV: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=COV
- GSK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GSK
- NVS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NVS
- ENDP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ENDP
- SGMO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SGMO
- NVDQ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NVDQ
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