Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – EW HTWR BSX LGND

by Portfolio Grader | April 14, 2014 12:30 pm

Healthcare stocks advanced 0.7% on Wall Street on Monday morning.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.5% higher, the Nasdaq rose 0.5% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.5%.

Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:

• Edwards Lifesciences Corp (EW[1]): EW stock is up 14.5% today.

• Heartware International (HTWR[2]): HTWR stock is up 5.2% today.

• Boston Scientific Corp (BSX[3]): BSX stock is up 3.7% today.

• Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (LGND[4]): LGND stock is up 2.8% today.

• Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc (BMRN[5]): BMRN stock is up 2.3% today.

• Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA[6]): ARNA stock is up 2.3% today.

• Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (AUXL[7]): AUXL stock is up 2.7% today.

• Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY[8]): ALNY stock is up 2.4% today.

• Incyte Corp (INCY[9]): INCY stock is up 2.4% today.

• Celgene Corp (CELG[10]): CELG stock is up 2.3% today.

Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:

• Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY[11]): HMSY stock is down 7.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Medtronic Inc (MDT[12]): MDT stock is down 3.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Mannkind Corp (MNKD[13]): MNKD stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Intuitive Surgical (ISRG[14]): ISRG stock is down 1.1%, marking the seventh consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Acceleron Pharma Inc (XLRN[15]): XLRN stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Wellcare Group (WCG[16]): WCG stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Align Technology (ALGN[17]): ALGN stock is down 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Smith & Nephew Snats (SNN[18]): SNN stock is down 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Thoratec Corp (THOR[19]): THOR stock is down 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Opko Health Inc (OPK[20]): OPK stock is down 0.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

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And for more on the hot stocks moving most on Wall Street right now, check out our archive of daily market movers by sector here[23].

Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.

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