Biggest Movers in Healthcare Stocks Now – SGEN CLVS NBIX MASI
by Portfolio Grader | May 12, 2014 12:30 pm
Healthcare stocks advanced 0.7% on Wall Street so far on Monday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.7%, the Nasdaq pushed 1.2% higher and the S&P 500 rose 0.7%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN[1]): SGEN stock is up 8.1% today.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS[2]): CLVS stock is up 6.7% today.
- Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX[3]): NBIX stock is up 3.4% today.
- Masimo Corp (MASI[4]): MASI stock is up 4.4% today.
- Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (SRPT[5]): SRPT stock is up 3.1% today and up 42.3% in the last month.
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (LGND[6]): LGND stock is up 2.9% today.
- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX[7]): KERX stock is up 3.3% today.
- Thoratec Corp (THOR[8]): THOR stock is up 3.5% today.
- Incyte Corp (INCY[9]): INCY stock is up 4.1% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD[10]): ACAD stock is up 3.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA[11]): ARNA stock is down 1.7% today.
- Theravance (THRX[12]): THRX stock is down 1.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Shire Plc American Depositary Shares (SHPG[13]): SHPG stock is down 0.5%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Myriad Genetics (MYGN[14]): MYGN stock is down 0.8% today.
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX[15]): VRX stock is down 1.2% today.
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ[16]): JNJ stock is down 0.3% today.
- Allergan Inc (AGN[17]): AGN stock is down 0.3% today and down 37.9% in the last month.
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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:
- SGEN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SGEN
- CLVS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLVS
- NBIX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NBIX
- MASI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MASI
- SRPT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SRPT
- LGND: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LGND
- KERX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KERX
- THOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=THOR
- INCY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=INCY
- ACAD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACAD
- ARNA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ARNA
- THRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=THRX
- SHPG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SHPG
- MYGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MYGN
- VRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VRX
- JNJ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=JNJ
- AGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AGN
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