Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – EW HZNP PBYI SLXP
by Portfolio Grader | June 17, 2014 12:30 pm
Healthcare stocks remained flat so far on Tuesday on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was unchanged, the Nasdaq increased 0.2% and the S&P 500 stayed consistent.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Edwards Lifesciences Corp (EW[1]): EW stock is up 5.3% today.
- Horizon Pharma Inc (HZNP[2]): HZNP stock is up 4.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[3]): PBYI stock is up 2.9% today.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP[4]): SLXP stock is up 2.8% today.
- Techne Corp (TECH[5]): TECH stock is up 2.6% today.
- Wuxi Pharmatech [Cayman] Inc (WX[6]): WX stock is up 2.5% today.
- Vca Antech (WOOF[7]): WOOF stock is up 2.3% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK[8]): OPK stock is up 2.1% today.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX[9]): PCRX stock is up 1.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Medtronic Inc (MDT[10]): MDT stock is up 1.8% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR[11]): ACOR stock is down 4.5% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN[12]): SGEN stock is down 4.0% today.
- Shire Plc American Depositary Shares (SHPG[13]): SHPG stock is down 2.7% today.
- Kindred Healthcare (KND[14]): KND stock is down 3.5% today.
- Boston Scientific Corp (BSX[15]): BSX stock is down 2.9% today.
- Theravance (THRX[16]): THRX stock is down 1.1% today.
- Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA[17]): ARNA stock is down 1.1% today.
- Myriad Genetics (MYGN[18]): MYGN stock is down 0.9% today.
- Express Scripts (ESRX[19]): ESRX stock is down 0.9% today.
- Gilead Sciences (GILD[20]): GILD stock is down 0.6% 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:
- EW: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=EW
- HZNP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HZNP
- PBYI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBYI
- SLXP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SLXP
- TECH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TECH
- WX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WX
- WOOF: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WOOF
- OPK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OPK
- PCRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PCRX
- MDT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MDT
- ACOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACOR
- SGEN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SGEN
- SHPG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SHPG
- KND: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KND
- BSX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BSX
- THRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=THRX
- ARNA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ARNA
- MYGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MYGN
- ESRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ESRX
- GILD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GILD
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