Biggest Movers in Healthcare Stocks Now – SHPG PCRX IPXL BKD
by Portfolio Grader | June 23, 2014 7:15 pm
Healthcare stocks finished down on Wall Street on Monday, down 0.4%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average remained flat, the Nasdaq was steady and the S&P 500 stayed level.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Shire Plc American Depositary Shares (SHPG[1]): SHPG stock is up 2.0% today and up 33.8% in the last month.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX[2]): PCRX stock is up 1.3% to a new 52-week high of $89.28.
- Impax Laboratories (IPXL[3]): IPXL stock is up 1.2% to a new 52-week high of $30.36.
- Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD[4]): BKD stock is up 1.1%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Emeritus Corp (ESC[5]): ESC stock is up 0.9%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Vca Antech (WOOF[6]): WOOF stock is up 0.9% today.
- Abbvie Inc. Common Stock (ABBV[7]): ABBV stock is up 0.8% today.
- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (RDY[8]): RDY stock is up 0.7% today.
- Hca Holdings Inc. Common Stock (HCA[9]): HCA stock is up 0.7% to a new 52-week high of $58.01.
- Idexx Laboratories (IDXX[10]): IDXX stock is up 0.5% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[11]): PBYI stock is down 2.5% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN[12]): SGEN stock is down 2.3% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK[13]): OPK stock is down 2.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB[14]): BIIB stock is down 1.9% today.
- Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX[15]): NBIX stock is down 1.8% today.
- Hanger Orthopedic Group (HGR[16]): HGR stock is down 1.7% today.
- Thoratec Corp (THOR[17]): THOR stock is down 1.6% today.
- Parexel International Corp (PRXL[18]): PRXL stock is down 1.5% today.
- Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR[19]): QCOR stock is down 1.4% today.
- Conmed Corp (CNMD[20]): CNMD stock is down 1.4% 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:
- SHPG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SHPG
- PCRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PCRX
- IPXL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IPXL
- BKD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BKD
- ESC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ESC
- WOOF: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WOOF
- ABBV: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ABBV
- RDY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RDY
- HCA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HCA
- IDXX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IDXX
- PBYI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBYI
- SGEN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SGEN
- OPK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OPK
- BIIB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BIIB
- NBIX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NBIX
- HGR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HGR
- THOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=THOR
- PRXL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PRXL
- QCOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=QCOR
- CNMD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CNMD
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