Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – CLVS KND ACAD QGEN
by Portfolio Grader | May 15, 2014 12:30 pm
Healthcare stocks declined on Wall Street so far on Thursday, down 0.8%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.6%, the Nasdaq fell 0.5% and the S&P 500 declined 0.6%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS[1]): CLVS stock is up 13.2% today.
- Kindred Healthcare (KND[2]): KND stock is up 5.4% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD[3]): ACAD stock is up 2.3% today.
- Qiagen N.V. (QGEN[4]): QGEN stock is up 1.3% today.
- Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR[5]): QCOR stock is up 0.7% today.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN[6]): AZN stock is up 0.4% today and up 25.8% in the last month.
- Zimmer Holdings (ZMH[7]): ZMH stock is up 0.4% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK[8]): OPK stock is up 0.2% today.
- Perrigo Company (PRGO[9]): PRGO stock is up 0.2% today.
- Abbvie Inc. Common Stock (ABBV[10]): ABBV stock is up 0.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Wuxi Pharmatech [Cayman] Inc (WX[11]): WX stock is down 8.3% today.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX[12]): CLDX stock is down 7.9% today.
- Incyte Corp (INCY[13]): INCY stock is down 7.0% today and down 20.6% in the last month.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[14]): PBYI stock is down 5.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY[15]): BMY stock is down 5.2% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN[16]): SGEN stock is down 4.9% today.
- Cubist Pharmaceuticals (CBST[17]): CBST stock is down 3.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (LGND[18]): LGND stock is down 2.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Neogen Corp (NEOG[19]): NEOG stock is down 2.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC[20]): ACHC stock is down 2.6% 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:
- CLVS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLVS
- KND: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KND
- ACAD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACAD
- QGEN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=QGEN
- QCOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=QCOR
- AZN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AZN
- ZMH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ZMH
- OPK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OPK
- PRGO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PRGO
- ABBV: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ABBV
- WX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WX
- CLDX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLDX
- INCY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=INCY
- PBYI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBYI
- BMY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BMY
- SGEN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SGEN
- CBST: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CBST
- LGND: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LGND
- NEOG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NEOG
- ACHC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACHC
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