Healthcare stocks remained flat so far on Tuesday on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.1% higher, the Nasdaq increased 0.4% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- United Therapeutics Corp (UTHR): UTHR stock is up 8.6% today.
- Healthsouth Corp (HLS): HLS stock is up 7.8% today.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO): HALO stock is up 5.5% today.
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is up 4.3% today.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY): ALNY stock is up 3.3% today.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is up 3.5% today.
- Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX): NBIX stock is up 3.1% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD): ACAD stock is up 2.9% today.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI): PBYI stock is up 2.8% today and up 220.5% in the last month.
- Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR): NKTR stock is up 2.4% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Impax Laboratories (IPXL): IPXL stock is down 14.5% today and down 21.9% in the last month.
- Owens & Minor (OMI): OMI stock is down 6.4% today.
- Thoratec Corp (THOR): THOR stock is down 3.5% today.
- C.R. Bard (BCR): BCR stock is down 1.6% today.
- Centene Corp (CNC): CNC stock is down 1.0% today.
- Magellan Health Services (MGLN): MGLN stock is down 0.8% today.
- Abbvie Inc. Common Stock (ABBV): ABBV stock is down 0.7% today.
- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (RDY): RDY stock is down 0.7% today.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN): AZN stock is down 0.6%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- The Spectranetics Corp (SPNC): SPNC stock is down 0.9% 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.
