Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – PRXL ALXN ACHC HMSY
by Portfolio Grader | May 27, 2014 6:30 pm
Healthcare stocks finished up 0.5% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.6%, the Nasdaq climbed 1.2% and the S&P 500 was up 0.6%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Parexel International Corp (PRXL[1]): PRXL stock is up 5.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN[2]): ALXN stock is up 3.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC[3]): ACHC stock is up 3.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY[4]): HMSY stock is up 3.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN[5]): REGN stock is up 3.4% today.
- Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB[6]): BIIB stock is up 3.4%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Celgene Corp (CELG[7]): CELG stock is up 3.3% today.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX[8]): VRTX stock is up 3.3% today.
- Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX[9]): NBIX stock is up 3.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Healthsouth Corp (HLS[10]): HLS stock is up 3.1%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc (ENDP[11]): ENDP stock is down 0.9% today and down 20.9% in the last month.
- Align Technology (ALGN[12]): ALGN stock is down 0.8% today.
- Hca Holdings Inc. Common Stock (HCA[13]): HCA stock is down 0.6% today.
- Universal Health Services (UHS[14]): UHS stock is down 0.4% today.
- Merck & Company (MRK[15]): MRK stock is down 0.2% today.
- Cooper Companies (COO[16]): COO stock is down 0.2% today.
- Mckesson Corp (MCK[17]): MCK stock is down 0.2% today.
- Furiex Pharmaceuticals (FURX[18]): FURX stock is down 0.2% today and down 29.8% in the last month.
- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (RDY[19]): RDY stock is down 0.2% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ[20]): JNJ stock is down 0.2% 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:
- PRXL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PRXL
- ALXN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ALXN
- ACHC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACHC
- HMSY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HMSY
- REGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=REGN
- BIIB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BIIB
- CELG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CELG
- VRTX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VRTX
- NBIX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NBIX
- HLS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HLS
- ENDP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ENDP
- ALGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ALGN
- HCA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HCA
- UHS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=UHS
- MRK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MRK
- COO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=COO
- MCK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MCK
- FURX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FURX
- RDY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RDY
- JNJ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=JNJ
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