Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – ZMH RMD SNN HMSY
by Portfolio Grader | April 24, 2014 12:45 pm
Healthcare stocks declined broadly on Wall Street on Thursday morning, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 0.8%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.6% and the S&P 500 declined 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Zimmer Holdings (ZMH[1]): ZMH stock is up 16.9% to a new 52-week high of $106.88.
- Resmed Inc (RMD[2]): RMD stock is up 4.2% today.
- Smith & Nephew Snats (SNN[3]): SNN stock is up 3.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY[4]): HMSY stock is up 3.0% today.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN[5]): AZN stock is up 2.8% to a new 52-week high of $69.66.
- Emeritus Corp (ESC[6]): ESC stock is up 2.7% today.
- Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD[7]): BKD stock is up 2.3% today.
- Centene Corp (CNC[8]): CNC stock is up 2.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Amerisourcebergen Corp (ABC[9]): ABC stock is up 1.8% today.
- Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR[10]): QCOR stock is up 2.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY[11]): ALNY stock is down 6.2% today.
- Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (SRPT[12]): SRPT stock is down 5.6% today and down 53.3% in the last month.
- Celgene Corp (CELG[13]): CELG stock is down 4.8% today.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS[14]): CLVS stock is down 5.2% today.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[15]): PBYI stock is down 4.8% today.
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (LGND[16]): LGND stock is down 4.7% today.
- Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS[17]): ISIS stock is down 4.4% today.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX[18]): CLDX stock is down 3.8% today.
- Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX[19]): NBIX stock is down 3.8% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN[20]): SGEN stock is down 3.7% 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:
- ZMH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ZMH
- RMD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RMD
- SNN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SNN
- HMSY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HMSY
- AZN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AZN
- ESC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ESC
- BKD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BKD
- CNC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CNC
- ABC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ABC
- QCOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=QCOR
- ALNY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ALNY
- SRPT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SRPT
- CELG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CELG
- CLVS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLVS
- PBYI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBYI
- LGND: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LGND
- ISIS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ISIS
- CLDX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLDX
- NBIX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NBIX
- SGEN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SGEN
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