Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – HMSY ACAD ACT MWIV
by Portfolio Grader | May 5, 2014 6:45 pm
Healthcare stocks rose 0.7% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.2%, the Nasdaq rose 0.5% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.2% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY[1]): HMSY stock is up 3.3% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD[2]): ACAD stock is up 3.2% today.
- Actavis Inc (ACT[3]): ACT stock is up 2.7% today.
- Mwi Veterinary Supply (MWIV[4]): MWIV stock is up 2.5%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Myriad Genetics (MYGN[5]): MYGN stock is up 2.3% today.
- United Therapeutics Corp (UTHR[6]): UTHR stock is up 2.2%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Techne Corp (TECH[7]): TECH stock is up 2.2% today.
- Forest Laboratories (FRX[8]): FRX stock is up 2.2% today.
- Boston Scientific Corp (BSX[9]): BSX stock is up 2.0% today.
- Edwards Lifesciences Corp (EW[10]): EW stock is up 2.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR[11]): ACOR stock is down 2.0% today.
- Thoratec Corp (THOR[12]): THOR stock is down 1.2% today.
- Vca Antech (WOOF[13]): WOOF stock is down 1.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS[14]): ISIS stock is down 1.0% today.
- Conmed Corp (CNMD[15]): CNMD stock is down 0.9% today.
- Mednax Inc (MD[16]): MD stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Luxottica Group S.P.A. (LUX[17]): LUX stock is down 0.7% today.
- Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD[18]): BKD stock is down 0.6% today.
- Express Scripts (ESRX[19]): ESRX stock is down 0.6% today.
- Allergan Inc (AGN[20]): AGN stock is down 0.5% today and down 34.8% 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:
- HMSY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HMSY
- ACAD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACAD
- ACT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACT
- MWIV: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MWIV
- MYGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MYGN
- UTHR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=UTHR
- TECH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TECH
- FRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FRX
- BSX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BSX
- EW: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=EW
- ACOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACOR
- THOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=THOR
- WOOF: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WOOF
- ISIS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ISIS
- CNMD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CNMD
- MD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MD
- LUX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LUX
- BKD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BKD
- ESRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ESRX
- AGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AGN
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