Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – INCY OPK SGEN ACOR
by Portfolio Grader | June 3, 2014 7:00 pm
Healthcare stocks rose 0.2% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was unchanged, the Nasdaq stayed level and the S&P 500 stayed consistent.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Incyte Corp (INCY[1]): INCY stock is up 4.3% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK[2]): OPK stock is up 3.5% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN[3]): SGEN stock is up 3.3% today.
- Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR[4]): ACOR stock is up 2.3% today.
- Emeritus Corp (ESC[5]): ESC stock is up 2.1% today.
- Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD[6]): BKD stock is up 2.0% today.
- Prestige Brand Holdings (PBH[7]): PBH stock is up 1.9% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS[8]): EXAS stock is up 1.9% today.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX[9]): PCRX stock is up 1.8% today.
- Zimmer Holdings (ZMH[10]): ZMH stock is up 1.4%, marking the eighth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[11]): PBYI stock is down 3.0% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Align Technology (ALGN[12]): ALGN stock is down 2.0% today.
- Wellcare Group (WCG[13]): WCG stock is down 1.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Tornier N.V. (TRNX[14]): TRNX stock is down 1.7% today.
- C.R. Bard (BCR[15]): BCR stock is down 1.6% today.
- Examworks Group (EXAM[16]): EXAM stock is down 1.4% today on 3 times normal volume.
- West Pharmaceutical Services (WST[17]): WST stock is down 1.1% today.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP[18]): NPSP stock is down 1.0% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR[19]): QCOR stock is down 0.9% today.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN[20]): AZN stock is down 0.8% 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:
- INCY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=INCY
- OPK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OPK
- SGEN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SGEN
- ACOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACOR
- ESC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ESC
- BKD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BKD
- PBH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBH
- EXAS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=EXAS
- PCRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PCRX
- ZMH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ZMH
- PBYI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBYI
- ALGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ALGN
- WCG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WCG
- TRNX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TRNX
- BCR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BCR
- EXAM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=EXAM
- WST: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WST
- NPSP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NPSP
- QCOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=QCOR
- AZN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AZN
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