Healthcare stocks remained flat on Friday morning on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1%, the Nasdaq declined 0.5% and the S&P 500 increased 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Mylan Inc (MYL): MYL stock is up 5.9% today.
- Align Technology (ALGN): ALGN stock is up 5.1% today.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS): CLVS stock is up 2.8% today.
- Myriad Genetics (MYGN): MYGN stock is up 3.1%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Abbott Laboratories (ABT): ABT stock is up 1.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Resmed Inc (RMD): RMD stock is up 1.4% today.
- Tenet Healthcare Corp (THC): THC stock is up 1.4% today.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc (ENDP): ENDP stock is up 1.3% today.
- Carefusion Corp (CFN): CFN stock is up 1.3% today.
- Community Health Systems (CYH): CYH stock is up 1.3% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO): HALO stock is down 27.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Intuitive Surgical (ISRG): ISRG stock is down 3.7% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD): ACAD stock is down 3.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP): NPSP stock is down 2.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Acceleron Pharma Inc (XLRN): XLRN stock is down 2.5% today.
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD): IRWD stock is down 2.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Mannkind Corp (MNKD): MNKD stock is down 1.7% today.
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is down 2.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI): PBYI stock is down 1.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Sangamo Biosciences (SGMO): SGMO stock is down 2.3%, 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.
