Biggest Movers in Healthcare Stocks Now – IRWD EXAM WST BSX
by Portfolio Grader | May 2, 2014 6:30 pm
Healthcare stocks declined 0.9% on Wall Street on Friday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%, the Nasdaq was down 0.2% and the S&P 500 fell 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD[1]): IRWD stock is up 2.3% today.
- Examworks Group (EXAM[2]): EXAM stock is up 2.1% today.
- West Pharmaceutical Services (WST[3]): WST stock is up 1.9% today.
- Boston Scientific Corp (BSX[4]): BSX stock is up 1.7% today.
- Smith & Nephew Snats (SNN[5]): SNN stock is up 1.5% today.
- Hospira Inc (HSP[6]): HSP stock is up 1.4% today.
- Conmed Corp (CNMD[7]): CNMD stock is up 1.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- C.R. Bard (BCR[8]): BCR stock is up 1.3%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Haemonetics Corp (HAE[9]): HAE stock is up 0.9% today.
- Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR[10]): QCOR stock is up 0.9%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX[11]): VRTX stock is down 3.7% today.
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA[12]): ARIA stock is down 3.3% today.
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN[13]): ALXN stock is down 2.9% today.
- Owens & Minor (OMI[14]): OMI stock is down 2.9% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (AUXL[15]): AUXL stock is down 2.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Parexel International Corp (PRXL[16]): PRXL stock is down 2.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Cardinal Health (CAH[17]): CAH stock is down 2.0% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Forest Laboratories (FRX[18]): FRX stock is down 1.9% today.
- Sirona Dental Systems (SIRO[19]): SIRO stock is down 1.9% today.
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN[20]): REGN stock is down 1.8% 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
- EXAM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=EXAM
- WST: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WST
- BSX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BSX
- SNN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SNN
- HSP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HSP
- CNMD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CNMD
- BCR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BCR
- HAE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HAE
- QCOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=QCOR
- VRTX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VRTX
- ARIA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ARIA
- ALXN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ALXN
- OMI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OMI
- AUXL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AUXL
- PRXL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PRXL
- CAH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CAH
- FRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FRX
- SIRO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SIRO
- REGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=REGN
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