Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – FMS AUXL INO VRX

by Portfolio Grader | June 26, 2014 12:45 pm

Healthcare stocks declined on Wall Street so far on Thursday, down 0.5%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%, the Nasdaq declined 0.6% and the S&P 500 was down 0.5%.

Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:

• Fresenius Medical Care Corp (FMS[1]): FMS stock is up 2.6% today.

• Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (AUXL[2]): AUXL stock is up 1.5% today.

• Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO[3]): INO stock is up 1.3% today and up 376.4% in the last month.

• Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX[4]): VRX stock is up 1.2% today.

• Parexel International Corp (PRXL[5]): PRXL stock is up 1.5% today.

• Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (RDY[6]): RDY stock is up 0.9% today.

• Taro Pharm Inds (TARO[7]): TARO stock is up 1.0% today.

• Icon Plc (ICLR[8]): ICLR stock is up 0.8% today.

• Edwards Lifesciences Corp (EW[9]): EW stock is up 0.7% today.

• Abbvie Inc. Common Stock (ABBV[10]): ABBV stock is up 0.7% today.

Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:

• Celgene Corp (CELG[11]): CELG stock is down 50.4% today and down 44.5% in the last month.

• Immunogen (IMGN[12]): IMGN stock is down 2.9%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Community Health Systems (CYH[13]): CYH stock is down 2.4% today.

• Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX[14]): CLDX stock is down 2.3% today.

• Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX[15]): NBIX stock is down 2.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS[16]): ISIS stock is down 2.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Universal Health Services (UHS[17]): UHS stock is down 1.9% today.

• Hca Holdings Inc. Common Stock (HCA[18]): HCA stock is down 1.9% today.

• Sangamo Biosciences (SGMO[19]): SGMO stock is down 1.8% today.

• Seattle Genetics (SGEN[20]): SGEN stock is down 1.4%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

For more information on the best stocks to buy[21] right now, check out the latest commentary on InvestorPlace.com[22].

And for more on the hot stocks moving most on Wall Street right now, check out our archive of daily market movers by sector here[23].

Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.

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