Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – HGR DGX AGN PBH

by Portfolio Grader | April 2, 2014 7:00 pm

Healthcare stocks rose broadly on Wall Street on Wednesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.4%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3%, the Nasdaq increased 0.3% and the S&P 500 rose 0.3%.

Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:

• Hanger Orthopedic Group (HGR[1]): HGR stock is up 2.4% today on 3 times normal volume.

• Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX[2]): DGX stock is up 2.0% today on 2 times normal volume.

• Allergan Inc (AGN[3]): AGN stock is up 1.4% today.

• Prestige Brand Holdings (PBH[4]): PBH stock is up 1.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Zimmer Holdings (ZMH[5]): ZMH stock is up 1.3%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Align Technology (ALGN[6]): ALGN stock is up 1.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Haemonetics Corp (HAE[7]): HAE stock is up 1.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Covance Inc (CVD[8]): CVD stock is up 1.2% to $106.04, near the 52-week high of $106.04.

• Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD[9]): BKD stock is up 1.2% today on 2 times normal volume.

• Community Health Systems (CYH[10]): CYH stock is up 1.2% today.

Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:

• Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[11]): PBYI stock is down 3.2% today.

• Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS[12]): CLVS stock is down 2.5% today.

• Sangamo Biosciences (SGMO[13]): SGMO stock is down 1.6% today.

• Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO[14]): HALO stock is down 1.4% today.

• United Therapeutics Corp (UTHR[15]): UTHR stock is down 1.2% today.

• Opko Health Inc (OPK[16]): OPK stock is down 1.1% today.

• Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR[17]): ACOR stock is down 1.1% today.

• Pdl Biopharma (PDLI[18]): PDLI stock is down 1.1% today.

• Impax Laboratories (IPXL[19]): IPXL stock is down 0.9% today.

• Owens & Minor (OMI[20]): OMI stock is down 0.9% today.

For more information on the best stocks to buy[21] right now, check out the latest commentary on InvestorPlace.com[22].

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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