Biggest Movers in Healthcare Stocks Now – ARIA KERX INCY HAE
by Portfolio Grader | July 23, 2014 7:00 pm
Healthcare stocks rose broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.8%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%, the Nasdaq was up 0.6% and the S&P 500 increased 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA[1]): ARIA stock is up 15.3% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX[2]): KERX stock is up 3.3% today.
- Incyte Corp (INCY[3]): INCY stock is up 2.2% today.
- Haemonetics Corp (HAE[4]): HAE stock is up 1.7% today.
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX[5]): VRX stock is up 1.7% today.
- Actavis Inc (ACT[6]): ACT stock is up 1.5% today.
- Idexx Laboratories (IDXX[7]): IDXX stock is up 1.5% today.
- C.R. Bard (BCR[8]): BCR stock is up 1.4% today.
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN[9]): REGN stock is up 1.4% today.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS[10]): CLVS stock is up 1.3% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP[11]): NPSP stock is down 1.3% today.
- Greatbatch (GB[12]): GB stock is down 1.3% today.
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI[13]): LCI stock is down 1.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Thoratec Corp (THOR[14]): THOR stock is down 0.9% today.
- Select Medical Holdings Corp (SEM[15]): SEM stock is down 0.8% today.
- Mednax Inc (MD[16]): MD stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Merck & Company (MRK[17]): MRK stock is down 0.5% today.
- Steris Corp (STE[18]): STE stock is down 0.5% today.
- Healthsouth Corp (HLS[19]): HLS stock is down 0.5% today.
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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[22].
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:
- ARIA: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ARIA-stock-quote
- KERX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/KERX-stock-quote
- INCY: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/INCY-stock-quote
- HAE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HAE-stock-quote
- VRX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/VRX-stock-quote
- ACT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACT-stock-quote
- IDXX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/IDXX-stock-quote
- BCR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BCR-stock-quote
- REGN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/REGN-stock-quote
- CLVS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CLVS-stock-quote
- NPSP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NPSP-stock-quote
- GB: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GB-stock-quote
- LCI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/LCI-stock-quote
- THOR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/THOR-stock-quote
- SEM: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SEM-stock-quote
- MD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MD-stock-quote
- MRK: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MRK-stock-quote
- STE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/STE-stock-quote
- HLS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HLS-stock-quote
- best stocks to buy: https://investorplace.com/category/stock-picks/stocks-to-buy/
- InvestorPlace.com: https://investorplace.com/category/stock-picks/stocks-to-buy/
- here: https://investorplace.com/hot-topics/daily-market-movers
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