Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – THRX MDT HALO CMN
by Portfolio Grader | June 4, 2014 6:45 pm
Healthcare stocks finished up broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.3%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.2%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.4% and the S&P 500 increased 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Theravance (THRX[1]): THRX stock is up 4.9% today.
- Medtronic Inc (MDT[2]): MDT stock is up 3.6% to a new 52-week high of $63.22.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO[3]): HALO stock is up 2.4% today.
- Cantel Medical (CMN[4]): CMN stock is up 2.3% today.
- Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR[5]): ACOR stock is up 2.1% today.
- Celgene Corp (CELG[6]): CELG stock is up 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH[7]): LH stock is up 1.8% today.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX[8]): CLDX stock is up 1.7% today.
- Cubist Pharmaceuticals (CBST[9]): CBST stock is up 1.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Sirona Dental Systems (SIRO[10]): SIRO stock is up 1.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Actavis Inc (ACT[11]): ACT stock is down 2.0% today.
- Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (AUXL[12]): AUXL stock is down 1.7%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Forest Laboratories (FRX[13]): FRX stock is down 1.5% today.
- Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR[14]): QCOR stock is down 1.2% today.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP[15]): SLXP stock is down 1.0% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK[16]): OPK stock is down 0.9% today.
- Perrigo Company (PRGO[17]): PRGO stock is down 0.7% today.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[18]): PBYI stock is down 0.7% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Wuxi Pharmatech [Cayman] Inc (WX[19]): WX stock is down 0.6% today.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc (ENDP[20]): ENDP stock is down 0.5%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
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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:
- THRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=THRX
- MDT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MDT
- HALO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HALO
- CMN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CMN
- ACOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACOR
- CELG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CELG
- LH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LH
- CLDX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLDX
- CBST: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CBST
- SIRO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SIRO
- ACT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACT
- AUXL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AUXL
- FRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FRX
- QCOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=QCOR
- SLXP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SLXP
- OPK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OPK
- PRGO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PRGO
- PBYI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBYI
- WX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WX
- ENDP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ENDP
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