Biggest Movers in Healthcare Stocks Now – HTWR ALXN INCY IRWD
by Portfolio Grader | July 21, 2014 7:00 pm
Healthcare stocks finished down broadly on Wall Street on Monday, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 0.4%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.2%, the Nasdaq was down 0.1% and the S&P 500 fell 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Heartware International (HTWR[1]): HTWR stock is up 3.6% today.
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN[2]): ALXN stock is up 1.3% today.
- Incyte Corp (INCY[3]): INCY stock is up 1.3% today.
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD[4]): IRWD stock is up 1.0% today.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (TMO[5]): TMO stock is up 0.9% today.
- The Medicines Company (MDCO[6]): MDCO stock is up 0.9% today.
- Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX[7]): DGX stock is up 0.9% today.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX[8]): PCRX stock is up 0.8% today.
- Cooper Companies (COO[9]): COO stock is up 0.8% today.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP[10]): NPSP stock is up 0.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Centene Corp (CNC[11]): CNC stock is down 2.4% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Shire Plc American Depositary Shares (SHPG[12]): SHPG stock is down 1.6% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Mckesson Corp (MCK[13]): MCK stock is down 1.6% today.
- Hca Holdings Inc. Common Stock (HCA[14]): HCA stock is down 1.4% today.
- Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA[15]): ARNA stock is down 1.4% today and down 20.9% in the last month.
- Henry Schein (HSIC[16]): HSIC stock is down 1.3% today.
- Vca Antech (WOOF[17]): WOOF stock is down 1.3% today.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP[18]): SLXP stock is down 1.3% today.
- Pfizer Inc (PFE[19]): PFE stock is down 1.2% today.
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY[20]): HMSY stock is down 1.2%, 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:
- HTWR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HTWR-stock-quote
- ALXN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ALXN-stock-quote
- INCY: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/INCY-stock-quote
- IRWD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/IRWD-stock-quote
- TMO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/TMO-stock-quote
- MDCO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MDCO-stock-quote
- DGX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/DGX-stock-quote
- PCRX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PCRX-stock-quote
- COO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/COO-stock-quote
- NPSP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NPSP-stock-quote
- CNC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CNC-stock-quote
- SHPG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SHPG-stock-quote
- MCK: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MCK-stock-quote
- HCA: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HCA-stock-quote
- ARNA: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ARNA-stock-quote
- HSIC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HSIC-stock-quote
- WOOF: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/WOOF-stock-quote
- SLXP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SLXP-stock-quote
- PFE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PFE-stock-quote
- HMSY: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HMSY-stock-quote
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