Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – HLS PBYI MD VRX
by Portfolio Grader | July 16, 2014 7:00 pm
Healthcare stocks finished down on Wall Street today, down 0.3%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.4%, the Nasdaq was up 0.4% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.4% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Healthsouth Corp (HLS[1]): HLS stock is up 2.6% today.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI[2]): PBYI stock is up 2.3% today.
- Mednax Inc (MD[3]): MD stock is up 2.0% today.
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX[4]): VRX stock is up 1.9% today.
- Pfizer Inc (PFE[5]): PFE stock is up 1.8% today.
- Luxottica Group S.P.A. (LUX[6]): LUX stock is up 1.6% today.
- Vca Antech (WOOF[7]): WOOF stock is up 1.3% today.
- Perrigo Company (PRGO[8]): PRGO stock is up 1.2% today.
- Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH[9]): LH stock is up 1.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP[10]): NPSP stock is up 1.1% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS[11]): CLVS stock is down 3.5% today.
- Neogen Corp (NEOG[12]): NEOG stock is down 3.4% today.
- Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA[13]): ARNA stock is down 3.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Cubist Pharmaceuticals (CBST[14]): CBST stock is down 2.9% today.
- Incyte Corp (INCY[15]): INCY stock is down 2.7% today.
- Wellcare Group (WCG[16]): WCG stock is down 2.4% today.
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc (BMRN[17]): BMRN stock is down 2.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- West Pharmaceutical Services (WST[18]): WST stock is down 2.2% today.
- Impax Laboratories (IPXL[19]): IPXL stock is down 2.0% today.
- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX[20]): KERX stock is down 2.0% 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:
- HLS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HLS
- PBYI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBYI
- MD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MD
- VRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VRX
- PFE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PFE
- LUX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LUX
- WOOF: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WOOF
- PRGO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PRGO
- LH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LH
- NPSP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NPSP
- CLVS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLVS
- NEOG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NEOG
- ARNA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ARNA
- CBST: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CBST
- INCY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=INCY
- WCG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WCG
- BMRN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BMRN
- WST: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WST
- IPXL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IPXL
- KERX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KERX
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