Biggest Movers in Healthcare Stocks Now – ISIS NKTR SRPT VRTX
by Portfolio Grader | May 22, 2014 12:30 pm
Healthcare stocks rose broadly on Wall Street on Thursday morning, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.2%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.2%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.4% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.2% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS[1]): ISIS stock is up 5.3% today.
- Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR[2]): NKTR stock is up 4.0% today.
- Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (SRPT[3]): SRPT stock is up 3.5% today.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX[4]): VRTX stock is up 3.8% today.
- Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (AUXL[5]): AUXL stock is up 3.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP[6]): NPSP stock is up 3.4% today.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[7]): PBYI stock is up 2.9% today.
- Community Health Systems (CYH[8]): CYH stock is up 2.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS[9]): CLVS stock is up 2.0% today.
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI[10]): LCI stock is up 2.5% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Patterson Companies Inc (PDCO[11]): PDCO stock is down 5.4% today.
- Carefusion Corp (CFN[12]): CFN stock is down 1.0% today.
- Sanofi-Aventis Sa (SNY[13]): SNY stock is down 1.0% today.
- Merck & Company (MRK[14]): MRK stock is down 0.8% today.
- Henry Schein (HSIC[15]): HSIC stock is down 0.6% today.
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ[16]): JNJ stock is down 0.6% today.
- Luxottica Group S.P.A. (LUX[17]): LUX stock is down 0.5% today.
- Sirona Dental Systems (SIRO[18]): SIRO stock is down 0.5% today.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN[19]): AZN stock is down 0.4% today.
- C.R. Bard (BCR[20]): BCR stock is down 0.4% 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:
- ISIS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ISIS
- NKTR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NKTR
- SRPT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SRPT
- VRTX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VRTX
- AUXL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AUXL
- NPSP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NPSP
- PBYI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBYI
- CYH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CYH
- CLVS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLVS
- LCI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LCI
- PDCO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PDCO
- CFN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CFN
- SNY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SNY
- MRK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MRK
- HSIC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HSIC
- JNJ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=JNJ
- LUX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LUX
- SIRO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SIRO
- AZN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AZN
- BCR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BCR
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