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.

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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