Healthcare stocks declined 0.8% on Wall Street on Tuesday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%, the Nasdaq was down 0.7% and the S&P 500 fell 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- China Biologic Products (CBPO): CBPO stock is up 3.9% today.
- Masimo Corp (MASI): MASI stock is up 0.5% today.
- Medtronic Inc (MDT): MDT stock is up 0.5% today.
- Cooper Companies (COO): COO stock is up 0.3% today.
- Covidien Plc. (COV): COV stock is up 0.2% today and up 23.6% in the last month.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is down 5.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS): EXAS stock is down 4.9% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN): SGEN stock is down 5.1% today.
- Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS): ISIS stock is down 4.9% today.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP): NPSP stock is down 4.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Horizon Pharma Inc (HZNP): HZNP stock is down 4.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (LGND): LGND stock is down 4.1% today.
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is down 4.6% today.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO): HALO stock is down 4.1% today.
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI): LCI stock is down 3.4%, marking the third 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.
