Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – ALNY SGMO THRX AEGR
by Portfolio Grader | April 7, 2014 8:30 pm
Healthcare stocks finished down broadly on Wall Street on Monday, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 1.0%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 1.1%, the Nasdaq was down 0.9% and the S&P 500 fell 1.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY[1]): ALNY stock is up 3.9% today.
- Sangamo Biosciences (SGMO[2]): SGMO stock is up 3.6% today.
- Theravance (THRX[3]): THRX stock is up 2.0% today.
- Aegerion Pharmaceuticals (AEGR[4]): AEGR stock is up 1.5% today.
- Celgene Corp (CELG[5]): CELG stock is up 1.3% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Acceleron Pharma Inc (XLRN[6]): XLRN stock is up 1.1% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN[7]): SGEN stock is up 0.6% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK[8]): OPK stock is up 0.5% today.
- Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR[9]): NKTR stock is up 0.4% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[10]): PBYI stock is down 18.0% today on 4 times normal volume.
- Mylan Inc (MYL[11]): MYL stock is down 4.4% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Wuxi Pharmatech [Cayman] Inc (WX[12]): WX stock is down 4.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC[13]): ACHC stock is down 3.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Align Technology (ALGN[14]): ALGN stock is down 3.4% today.
- Cubist Pharmaceuticals (CBST[15]): CBST stock is down 3.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Actavis Inc (ACT[16]): ACT stock is down 3.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Abbvie Inc. Common Stock (ABBV[17]): ABBV stock is down 3.0% today.
- Hca Holdings Inc. Common Stock (HCA[18]): HCA stock is down 2.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Perrigo Company (PRGO[19]): PRGO stock is down 2.8%, 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.
Endnotes:
- ALNY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ALNY
- SGMO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SGMO
- THRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=THRX
- AEGR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AEGR
- CELG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CELG
- XLRN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=XLRN
- SGEN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SGEN
- OPK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OPK
- NKTR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NKTR
- PBYI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBYI
- MYL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MYL
- WX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WX
- ACHC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACHC
- ALGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ALGN
- CBST: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CBST
- ACT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACT
- ABBV: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ABBV
- HCA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HCA
- PRGO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PRGO
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