Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – CNMD EXAS ACAD NKTR
by Portfolio Grader | April 15, 2014 6:30 pm
Healthcare stocks finished up broadly 1.1% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.3% and the S&P 500 was up 0.7%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Conmed Corp (CNMD[1]): CNMD stock is up 7.2% today on 4 times normal volume.
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS[2]): EXAS stock is up 4.1% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD[3]): ACAD stock is up 3.0% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR[4]): NKTR stock is up 2.8% today.
- Thoratec Corp (THOR[5]): THOR stock is up 2.7% today.
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX[6]): VRX stock is up 2.6% today.
- Actavis Inc (ACT[7]): ACT stock is up 2.6% today.
- Cubist Pharmaceuticals (CBST[8]): CBST stock is up 2.5% today.
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN[9]): ALXN stock is up 2.4% today.
- Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB[10]): BIIB stock is up 2.1% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Wright Medical Group (WMGI[11]): WMGI stock is down 3.0% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Impax Laboratories (IPXL[12]): IPXL stock is down 2.2% today.
- Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR[13]): ACOR stock is down 2.1% today.
- Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC[14]): ACHC stock is down 1.8% today.
- Lifepoint Hospitals (LPNT[15]): LPNT stock is down 1.8% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Chemed Inc (CHE[16]): CHE stock is down 1.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD[17]): BKD stock is down 1.1% today.
- Qiagen N.V. (QGEN[18]): QGEN stock is down 1.0% today.
- Insulet Corp (PODD[19]): PODD stock is down 0.9% today.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc (ENDP[20]): ENDP stock is down 0.9%, marking the fourth 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:
- CNMD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CNMD
- EXAS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=EXAS
- ACAD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACAD
- NKTR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NKTR
- THOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=THOR
- VRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VRX
- ACT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACT
- CBST: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CBST
- ALXN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ALXN
- BIIB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BIIB
- WMGI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WMGI
- IPXL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IPXL
- ACOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACOR
- ACHC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACHC
- LPNT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LPNT
- CHE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CHE
- BKD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BKD
- QGEN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=QGEN
- PODD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PODD
- ENDP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ENDP
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