Biggest Movers in Healthcare Stocks Now – NVDQ ARIA AUXL CBST
by Portfolio Grader | April 22, 2014 6:15 pm
Healthcare stocks rose broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 1.1%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, the Nasdaq was up 0.8% and the S&P 500 increased 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Novadaq Technologies (NVDQ[1]): NVDQ stock is up 5.6% today.
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA[2]): ARIA stock is up 5.4%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (AUXL[3]): AUXL stock is up 4.9% today.
- Cubist Pharmaceuticals (CBST[4]): CBST stock is up 4.7%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY[5]): ALNY stock is up 4.7% today.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX[6]): VRTX stock is up 4.3% today.
- Incyte Corp (INCY[7]): INCY stock is up 3.9%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Wellcare Group (WCG[8]): WCG stock is up 3.7% today.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP[9]): NPSP stock is up 3.7% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN[10]): SGEN stock is up 3.5%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Wright Medical Group (WMGI[11]): WMGI stock is down 1.1% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Icon Plc (ICLR[12]): ICLR stock is down 0.7% today.
- Emeritus Corp (ESC[13]): ESC stock is down 0.7% today.
- Sirona Dental Systems (SIRO[14]): SIRO stock is down 0.6% today.
- Mckesson Corp (MCK[15]): MCK stock is down 0.6% today.
- Express Scripts (ESRX[16]): ESRX stock is down 0.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Insulet Corp (PODD[17]): PODD stock is down 0.5% today.
- Conmed Corp (CNMD[18]): CNMD stock is down 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD[19]): BKD stock is down 0.4% today.
- Abbott Laboratories (ABT[20]): ABT 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:
- NVDQ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NVDQ
- ARIA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ARIA
- AUXL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AUXL
- CBST: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CBST
- ALNY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ALNY
- VRTX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VRTX
- INCY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=INCY
- WCG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WCG
- NPSP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NPSP
- SGEN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SGEN
- WMGI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WMGI
- ICLR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ICLR
- ESC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ESC
- SIRO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SIRO
- MCK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MCK
- ESRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ESRX
- PODD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PODD
- CNMD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CNMD
- BKD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BKD
- ABT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ABT
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