Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – QCOR SEM KND PBYI

by Portfolio Grader | April 7, 2014 12:45 pm

Healthcare stocks declined broadly 0.6% on Wall Street on Monday morning.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%, the Nasdaq was down 0.7% and the S&P 500 declined 0.5%.

Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:

• Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR[1]): QCOR stock is up 21.6% today and up 25.1% in the last month.

• Select Medical Holdings Corp (SEM[2]): SEM stock is up 3.8% to a new 52-week high of $13.07.

• Kindred Healthcare (KND[3]): KND stock is up 3.3% today.

• Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[4]): PBYI stock is up 2.9% today.

• Resmed Inc (RMD[5]): RMD stock is up 1.6% today.

• Sanofi-Aventis Sa (SNY[6]): SNY stock is up 1.2% today.

• Eli Lilly and Company (LLY[7]): LLY stock is up 0.6% today.

• Perrigo Company (PRGO[8]): PRGO stock is up 0.4% today.

• The Spectranetics Corp (SPNC[9]): SPNC stock is up 0.3% today.

• Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR[10]): ACOR stock is up 0.5% today.

Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:

• Mannkind Corp (MNKD[11]): MNKD stock is down 12.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX[12]): CLDX stock is down 3.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD[13]): ACAD stock is down 3.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Icon Plc (ICLR[14]): ICLR stock is down 3.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Novadaq Technologies (NVDQ[15]): NVDQ stock is down 3.7% today.

• Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA[16]): ARIA stock is down 3.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Heartware International (HTWR[17]): HTWR stock is down 3.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Pfizer Inc (PFE[18]): PFE stock is down 2.5% today.

• Parexel International Corp (PRXL[19]): PRXL stock is down 2.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY[20]): ALNY stock is down 2.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

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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