Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – PRGO HLS NVO HGR
by Portfolio Grader | July 22, 2014 6:45 pm
Healthcare stocks rose 0.9% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.4% higher, the Nasdaq rose 0.6% and the S&P 500 increased 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Perrigo Company (PRGO[1]): PRGO stock is up 2.8% today.
- Healthsouth Corp (HLS[2]): HLS stock is up 2.3% today.
- Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO[3]): NVO stock is up 2.0% today.
- Hanger Orthopedic Group (HGR[4]): HGR stock is up 2.0% today.
- Align Technology (ALGN[5]): ALGN stock is up 1.9% today.
- Mwi Veterinary Supply (MWIV[6]): MWIV stock is up 1.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Amgen Inc (AMGN[7]): AMGN stock is up 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc (BMRN[8]): BMRN stock is up 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Resmed Inc (RMD[9]): RMD stock is up 1.7% today.
- Cooper Companies (COO[10]): COO stock is up 1.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI[11]): LCI stock is down 1.5% today and down 25.6% in the last month.
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD[12]): IRWD stock is down 1.0% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD[13]): ACAD stock is down 0.7% today.
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY[14]): HMSY stock is down 0.7%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR[15]): ACOR stock is down 0.6% today.
- Chemed Inc (CHE[16]): CHE stock is down 0.5% today.
- Theravance (THRX[17]): THRX stock is down 0.5% today.
- Allergan Inc (AGN[18]): AGN stock is down 0.4% today.
- Mednax Inc (MD[19]): MD stock is down 0.3% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK[20]): OPK stock is down 0.1% 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:
- PRGO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PRGO-stock-quote
- HLS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HLS-stock-quote
- NVO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NVO-stock-quote
- HGR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HGR-stock-quote
- ALGN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ALGN-stock-quote
- MWIV: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MWIV-stock-quote
- AMGN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AMGN-stock-quote
- BMRN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BMRN-stock-quote
- RMD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/RMD-stock-quote
- COO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/COO-stock-quote
- LCI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/LCI-stock-quote
- IRWD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/IRWD-stock-quote
- ACAD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACAD-stock-quote
- HMSY: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HMSY-stock-quote
- ACOR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACOR-stock-quote
- CHE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CHE-stock-quote
- THRX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/THRX-stock-quote
- AGN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AGN-stock-quote
- MD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MD-stock-quote
- OPK: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/OPK-stock-quote
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