Biggest Movers in Healthcare Stocks Now – SPNC ABC ARIA CHE
by Portfolio Grader | July 24, 2014 12:30 pm
Healthcare stocks remained flat on Thursday morning on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.1%, the Nasdaq was steady and the S&P 500 rose 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- The Spectranetics Corp (SPNC[1]): SPNC stock is up 5.8% today.
- Amerisourcebergen Corp (ABC[2]): ABC stock is up 4.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA[3]): ARIA stock is up 4.1% today.
- Chemed Inc (CHE[4]): CHE stock is up 3.2% today.
- Cardinal Health (CAH[5]): CAH stock is up 2.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Mckesson Corp (MCK[6]): MCK stock is up 1.4% today.
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI[7]): LCI stock is up 1.4% today.
- Cubist Pharmaceuticals (CBST[8]): CBST stock is up 1.1% today.
- Wellcare Group (WCG[9]): WCG stock is up 1.1% today.
- Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR[10]): NKTR stock is up 0.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[11]): PBYI stock is down 8.0% today.
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN[12]): ALXN stock is down 4.5% today.
- Theravance (THRX[13]): THRX stock is down 4.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Varian Medical Systems (VAR[14]): VAR stock is down 3.6% today.
- Zimmer Holdings (ZMH[15]): ZMH stock is down 3.4% today.
- Celgene Corp (CELG[16]): CELG stock is down 3.2% today and down 49.7% in the last month.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX[17]): CLDX stock is down 2.5% today.
- Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO[18]): NVO stock is down 1.9% today.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc (ENDP[19]): ENDP stock is down 2.0% today.
- Neogen Corp (NEOG[20]): NEOG stock is down 1.8% 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:
- SPNC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SPNC-stock-quote
- ABC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ABC-stock-quote
- ARIA: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ARIA-stock-quote
- CHE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CHE-stock-quote
- CAH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CAH-stock-quote
- MCK: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MCK-stock-quote
- LCI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/LCI-stock-quote
- CBST: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CBST-stock-quote
- WCG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/WCG-stock-quote
- NKTR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NKTR-stock-quote
- PBYI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PBYI-stock-quote
- ALXN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ALXN-stock-quote
- THRX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/THRX-stock-quote
- VAR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/VAR-stock-quote
- ZMH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ZMH-stock-quote
- CELG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CELG-stock-quote
- CLDX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CLDX-stock-quote
- NVO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NVO-stock-quote
- ENDP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ENDP-stock-quote
- NEOG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NEOG-stock-quote
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