Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – IRWD CBST INCY NPSP
by Portfolio Grader | April 29, 2014 12:30 pm
Healthcare stocks advanced 0.2% on Wall Street on Tuesday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.4% higher, the Nasdaq increased 0.4% and the S&P 500 rose 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD[1]): IRWD stock is up 10.0% today.
- Cubist Pharmaceuticals (CBST[2]): CBST stock is up 8.0% today.
- Incyte Corp (INCY[3]): INCY stock is up 3.9% today.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP[4]): NPSP stock is up 3.3% today.
- Merck & Company (MRK[5]): MRK stock is up 3.1% to $58.43, near the 52-week high of $58.32.
- United Therapeutics Corp (UTHR[6]): UTHR stock is up 2.9% today.
- Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR[7]): QCOR stock is up 2.5% today and up 30.4% in the last month.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN[8]): AZN stock is up 2.1% today and up 20.6% in the last month.
- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX[9]): KERX stock is up 2.8% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK[10]): OPK stock is up 1.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Shire Plc American Depositary Shares (SHPG[11]): SHPG stock is down 4.0% today.
- Boston Scientific Corp (BSX[12]): BSX stock is down 2.9% today.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY[13]): BMY stock is down 2.6%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Hca Holdings Inc. Common Stock (HCA[14]): HCA stock is down 2.3% today.
- Healthsouth Corp (HLS[15]): HLS stock is down 1.4% today.
- Owens & Minor (OMI[16]): OMI stock is down 1.4% today.
- Community Health Systems (CYH[17]): CYH stock is down 1.1% today.
- Haemonetics Corp (HAE[18]): HAE stock is down 0.9%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[19]): PBYI stock is down 0.9% today.
- Pfizer Inc (PFE[20]): PFE stock is down 0.9% 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:
- IRWD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IRWD
- CBST: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CBST
- INCY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=INCY
- NPSP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NPSP
- MRK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MRK
- UTHR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=UTHR
- QCOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=QCOR
- AZN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AZN
- KERX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KERX
- OPK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OPK
- SHPG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SHPG
- BSX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BSX
- BMY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BMY
- HCA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HCA
- HLS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HLS
- OMI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OMI
- CYH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CYH
- HAE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HAE
- PBYI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBYI
- PFE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PFE
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