Biggest Movers in Healthcare Stocks Now – CLVS TARO PCRX ICLR
by Portfolio Grader | July 14, 2014 7:00 pm
Healthcare stocks rose 0.3% on Wall Street on Monday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.5%, the Nasdaq pushed 0.6% higher and the S&P 500 increased 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS[1]): CLVS stock is up 2.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Taro Pharm Inds (TARO[2]): TARO stock is up 2.4% today and up 34.6% in the last month.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX[3]): PCRX stock is up 2.1% today.
- Icon Plc (ICLR[4]): ICLR stock is up 1.6% today.
- Qiagen N.V. (QGEN[5]): QGEN stock is up 1.5% today.
- Wright Medical Group (WMGI[6]): WMGI stock is up 1.5% today.
- Charles River Laboratories Intl (CRL[7]): CRL stock is up 1.5% today.
- The Spectranetics Corp (SPNC[8]): SPNC stock is up 1.4% today.
- Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC[9]): ACHC stock is up 1.4% today.
- Actavis Inc (ACT[10]): ACT stock is up 1.4% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX[11]): CLDX stock is down 2.2% today.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY[12]): ALNY stock is down 1.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO[13]): HALO stock is down 1.6% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK[14]): OPK stock is down 1.4% today.
- Heartware International (HTWR[15]): HTWR stock is down 1.3% today.
- Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS[16]): ISIS stock is down 1.2% today.
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS[17]): EXAS stock is down 1.2% today.
- Conmed Corp (CNMD[18]): CNMD stock is down 1.0% today.
- Celgene Corp (CELG[19]): CELG stock is down 0.9% today and down 44.8% in the last month.
- Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB[20]): BIIB 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:
- CLVS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLVS
- TARO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TARO
- PCRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PCRX
- ICLR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ICLR
- QGEN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=QGEN
- WMGI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WMGI
- CRL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CRL
- SPNC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SPNC
- ACHC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACHC
- ACT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACT
- CLDX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLDX
- ALNY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ALNY
- HALO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HALO
- OPK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OPK
- HTWR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HTWR
- ISIS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ISIS
- EXAS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=EXAS
- CNMD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CNMD
- CELG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CELG
- BIIB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BIIB
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