Biggest Movers in Healthcare Stocks Now – MYGN MYL QCOR CNC
by Portfolio Grader | July 14, 2014 2:30 pm
Healthcare stocks rose broadly on Wall Street so far on Monday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.2%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, the Nasdaq was up 0.5% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Myriad Genetics (MYGN[1]): MYGN stock is up 3.0% today.
- Mylan Inc (MYL[2]): MYL stock is up 2.7% today.
- Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR[3]): QCOR stock is up 2.4% today.
- Centene Corp (CNC[4]): CNC stock is up 2.3% today.
- Wellcare Group (WCG[5]): WCG stock is up 1.9% today.
- Shire Plc American Depositary Shares (SHPG[6]): SHPG stock is up 1.9% to a new 52-week high of $253.74.
- Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX[7]): DGX stock is up 1.5% today.
- Hanger Orthopedic Group (HGR[8]): HGR stock is up 1.0% today.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP[9]): SLXP stock is up 2.1% today.
- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX[10]): KERX stock is up 2.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA[11]): ARIA stock is down 2.5% today.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[12]): PBYI stock is down 1.8% today.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP[13]): NPSP stock is down 1.5% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN[14]): SGEN stock is down 1.5% today.
- Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR[15]): NKTR stock is down 1.4% today.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX[16]): VRTX stock is down 1.4% today.
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (LGND[17]): LGND stock is down 1.0% today.
- Perrigo Company (PRGO[18]): PRGO stock is down 1.3% today.
- Mannkind Corp (MNKD[19]): MNKD stock is down 1.0% 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:
- MYGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MYGN
- MYL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MYL
- QCOR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=QCOR
- CNC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CNC
- WCG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WCG
- SHPG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SHPG
- DGX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=DGX
- HGR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HGR
- SLXP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SLXP
- KERX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KERX
- ARIA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ARIA
- PBYI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBYI
- NPSP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NPSP
- SGEN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SGEN
- NKTR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NKTR
- VRTX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VRTX
- LGND: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LGND
- PRGO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PRGO
- MNKD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MNKD
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