Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – MYL DGX LH AZN
by Portfolio Grader | July 15, 2014 12:30 pm
Healthcare stocks remained flat so far on Tuesday on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.2% higher, the Nasdaq was up 0.2% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Mylan Inc (MYL[1]): MYL stock is up 2.5% today.
- Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX[2]): DGX stock is up 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH[3]): LH stock is up 1.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN[4]): AZN stock is up 1.3% today.
- Smith & Nephew Snats (SNN[5]): SNN stock is up 1.2% today.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS[6]): CLVS stock is up 2.0%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO[7]): HALO stock is up 1.1% today.
- United Therapeutics Corp (UTHR[8]): UTHR stock is up 1.2% today.
- Charles River Laboratories Intl (CRL[9]): CRL stock is up 0.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Perrigo Company (PRGO[10]): PRGO stock is down 2.1% today.
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ[11]): JNJ stock is down 1.9% today.
- Cantel Medical (CMN[12]): CMN stock is down 1.6% today.
- Luxottica Group S.P.A. (LUX[13]): LUX stock is down 1.6% today.
- Myriad Genetics (MYGN[14]): MYGN stock is down 1.6% today.
- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (RDY[15]): RDY stock is down 1.4% today.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX[16]): CLDX stock is down 0.8% today.
- Neogen Corp (NEOG[17]): NEOG stock is down 1.0% today.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX[18]): PCRX stock is down 0.8% today.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP[19]): NPSP stock is down 0.8% 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:
- MYL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MYL
- DGX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=DGX
- LH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LH
- AZN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AZN
- SNN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SNN
- CLVS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLVS
- HALO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HALO
- UTHR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=UTHR
- CRL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CRL
- PRGO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PRGO
- JNJ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=JNJ
- CMN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CMN
- LUX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LUX
- MYGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MYGN
- RDY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RDY
- CLDX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CLDX
- NEOG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NEOG
- PCRX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PCRX
- NPSP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NPSP
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