Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – CBPO CMN OPK WMGI

by Portfolio Grader | May 22, 2014 7:15 pm

Healthcare stocks finished up broadly on Wall Street on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.6%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.2%, the Nasdaq was up 0.4% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.2% higher.

Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:

• China Biologic Products (CBPO[1]): CBPO stock is up 7.9% today on 5 times normal volume.

• Cantel Medical (CMN[2]): CMN stock is up 3.5% today.

• Opko Health Inc (OPK[3]): OPK stock is up 3.0% today.

• Wright Medical Group (WMGI[4]): WMGI stock is up 2.9% today.

• Impax Laboratories (IPXL[5]): IPXL stock is up 2.8% today.

• Perrigo Company (PRGO[6]): PRGO stock is up 2.8% today.

• Insulet Corp (PODD[7]): PODD stock is up 2.3% today.

• Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS[8]): EXAS stock is up 2.2% today.

• Incyte Corp (INCY[9]): INCY stock is up 2.2% today.

• Actavis Inc (ACT[10]): ACT stock is up 2.1% today.

Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:

• Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR[11]): QCOR stock is down 0.8% today.

• Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA[12]): ARNA stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Mannkind Corp (MNKD[13]): MNKD stock is down 0.5% today and down 22.0% in the last month.

• Conmed Corp (CNMD[14]): CNMD stock is down 0.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Intuitive Surgical (ISRG[15]): ISRG stock is down 0.5% today.

• Chemed Inc (CHE[16]): CHE stock is down 0.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Pdl Biopharma (PDLI[17]): PDLI stock is down 0.2% today.

• Hospira Inc (HSP[18]): HSP stock is down 0.2% today.

• Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA[19]): ARIA stock is down 0.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX[20]): DGX stock is down 0.1% today.

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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