Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – NBIX SLXP ALNY WMGI

by Portfolio Grader | April 21, 2014 6:30 pm

Healthcare stocks rose 1.2% on Wall Street today.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.7% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.3% higher.

Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:

• Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX[1]): NBIX stock is up 5.4% today.

• Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP[2]): SLXP stock is up 3.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY[3]): ALNY stock is up 3.5% today.

• Wright Medical Group (WMGI[4]): WMGI stock is up 3.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS[5]): ISIS stock is up 3.1% today.

• Opko Health Inc (OPK[6]): OPK stock is up 2.9% today.

• Shire Plc American Depositary Shares (SHPG[7]): SHPG stock is up 2.7%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB[8]): BIIB stock is up 2.6% today.

• Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (LGND[9]): LGND stock is up 2.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA[10]): ARIA stock is up 2.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:

• Edwards Lifesciences Corp (EW[11]): EW stock is down 2.7% today.

• West Pharmaceutical Services (WST[12]): WST stock is down 0.6% today.

• Cooper Companies (COO[13]): COO stock is down 0.5% today.

• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA[14]): TEVA stock is down 0.4% today.

• Intuitive Surgical (ISRG[15]): ISRG stock is down 0.3%, marking the 11th consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX[16]): DGX stock is down 0.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH[17]): LH stock is down 0.3% today.

• Chemed Inc (CHE[18]): CHE stock is down 0.2%, marking the seventh consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Carefusion Corp (CFN[19]): CFN stock is down 0.1% today.

• Resmed Inc (RMD[20]): RMD stock is down 0.1% today on 2 times normal volume.

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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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