Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – CLDX LCI IMGN ALNY
by Portfolio Grader | April 29, 2014 7:15 pm
Healthcare stocks finished up 0.6% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.5%, the Nasdaq rose 0.8% and the S&P 500 increased 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX[1]): CLDX stock is up 6.8% today.
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI[2]): LCI stock is up 5.1% today.
- Immunogen (IMGN[3]): IMGN stock is up 4.8% today.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY[4]): ALNY stock is up 4.3% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD[5]): ACAD stock is up 4.0% today.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[6]): PBYI stock is up 3.9% today.
- Magellan Health Services (MGLN[7]): MGLN stock is up 3.9% today.
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN[8]): ALXN stock is up 3.7% today.
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (LGND[9]): LGND stock is up 3.5% today.
- Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR[10]): ACOR stock is up 3.4% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS[11]): ISIS stock is down 6.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Intuitive Surgical (ISRG[12]): ISRG stock is down 1.7% today.
- Examworks Group (EXAM[13]): EXAM stock is down 1.1% today.
- Steris Corp (STE[14]): STE stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Centene Corp (CNC[15]): CNC stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Sirona Dental Systems (SIRO[16]): SIRO stock is down 0.7% today.
- Emeritus Corp (ESC[17]): ESC stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Hanger Orthopedic Group (HGR[18]): HGR stock is down 0.6% today.
- Pdl Biopharma (PDLI[19]): PDLI stock is down 0.6% today.
- Select Medical Holdings Corp (SEM[20]): SEM stock is down 0.6% 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:
- CLDX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLDX
- LCI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LCI
- IMGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IMGN
- ALNY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ALNY
- ACAD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACAD
- PBYI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBYI
- MGLN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MGLN
- ALXN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ALXN
- LGND: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LGND
- ACOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACOR
- ISIS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ISIS
- ISRG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ISRG
- EXAM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=EXAM
- STE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=STE
- CNC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CNC
- SIRO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SIRO
- ESC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ESC
- HGR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HGR
- PDLI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PDLI
- SEM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SEM
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