Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – HSP BSX ABMD LUX
by Portfolio Grader | July 24, 2014 6:45 pm
Healthcare stocks declined 0.2% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was unchanged, the Nasdaq declined 0.1% and the S&P 500 remained flat.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Hospira Inc (HSP[1]): HSP stock is up 2.3% today.
- Boston Scientific Corp (BSX[2]): BSX stock is up 1.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Abiomed (ABMD[3]): ABMD stock is up 1.7%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Luxottica Group S.P.A. (LUX[4]): LUX stock is up 1.4% today.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (TMO[5]): TMO stock is up 1.2% today.
- Patterson Companies Inc (PDCO[6]): PDCO stock is up 0.8%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- C.R. Bard (BCR[7]): BCR stock is up 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Express Scripts (ESRX[8]): ESRX stock is up 0.8% today.
- Community Health Systems (CYH[9]): CYH stock is up 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX[10]): VRTX stock is down 2.4% today.
- Pdl Biopharma (PDLI[11]): PDLI stock is down 2.2% today.
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS[12]): EXAS stock is down 1.9% today.
- Insulet Corp (PODD[13]): PODD stock is down 1.8% today.
- United Therapeutics Corp (UTHR[14]): UTHR stock is down 1.5% today.
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY[15]): HMSY stock is down 1.5%, marking the eighth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA[16]): TEVA stock is down 1.2% today.
- Haemonetics Corp (HAE[17]): HAE stock is down 1.1% today.
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (LGND[18]): LGND stock is down 1.1% today.
- Vca Antech (WOOF[19]): WOOF stock is down 1.1% 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:
- HSP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HSP-stock-quote
- BSX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BSX-stock-quote
- ABMD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ABMD-stock-quote
- LUX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/LUX-stock-quote
- TMO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/TMO-stock-quote
- PDCO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PDCO-stock-quote
- BCR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BCR-stock-quote
- ESRX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ESRX-stock-quote
- CYH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CYH-stock-quote
- VRTX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/VRTX-stock-quote
- PDLI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PDLI-stock-quote
- EXAS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/EXAS-stock-quote
- PODD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PODD-stock-quote
- UTHR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/UTHR-stock-quote
- HMSY: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HMSY-stock-quote
- TEVA: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/TEVA-stock-quote
- HAE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HAE-stock-quote
- LGND: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/LGND-stock-quote
- WOOF: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/WOOF-stock-quote
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