Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – HMSY CYH VRTX CELG
by Portfolio Grader | May 14, 2014 6:30 pm
Healthcare stocks finished flat today on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%, the Nasdaq declined 0.5% and the S&P 500 was down 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY[1]): HMSY stock is up 5.5% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Community Health Systems (CYH[2]): CYH stock is up 2.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX[3]): VRTX stock is up 1.5% today.
- Celgene Corp (CELG[4]): CELG stock is up 1.2% today.
- Amgen Inc (AMGN[5]): AMGN stock is up 1.1% today.
- Merck & Company (MRK[6]): MRK stock is up 1.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Haemonetics Corp (HAE[7]): HAE stock is up 1.0% today.
- Novartis Ag (NVS[8]): NVS stock is up 0.9% to a new 52-week high of $89.24.
- Gilead Sciences (GILD[9]): GILD stock is up 0.8% today and up 21.2% in the last month.
- Abbott Laboratories (ABT[10]): ABT stock is up 0.7%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX[11]): PCRX stock is down 2.7% today.
- Msa Safety Inc. (MSA[12]): MSA stock is down 2.1% today.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[13]): PBYI stock is down 2.1% today.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY[14]): ALNY stock is down 2.1% today.
- Insulet Corp (PODD[15]): PODD stock is down 2.0% today.
- Thoratec Corp (THOR[16]): THOR stock is down 1.8% today.
- Wellcare Group (WCG[17]): WCG stock is down 1.7% today.
- Owens & Minor (OMI[18]): OMI stock is down 1.6% today.
- Steris Corp (STE[19]): STE stock is down 1.5% today.
- Taro Pharm Inds (TARO[20]): TARO stock is down 1.4%, marking the eighth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
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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
- CYH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CYH
- VRTX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VRTX
- CELG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CELG
- AMGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AMGN
- MRK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MRK
- HAE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HAE
- NVS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NVS
- GILD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GILD
- ABT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ABT
- PCRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PCRX
- MSA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MSA
- PBYI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBYI
- ALNY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ALNY
- PODD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PODD
- THOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=THOR
- WCG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WCG
- OMI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OMI
- STE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=STE
- TARO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TARO
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