Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – TARO OMI ESC AGN
by Portfolio Grader | July 8, 2014 7:00 pm
Healthcare stocks finished down 0.9% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6%, the Nasdaq was down 1.2% and the S&P 500 declined 0.6%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Taro Pharm Inds (TARO[1]): TARO stock is up 2.6% today and up 31.5% in the last month.
- Owens & Minor (OMI[2]): OMI stock is up 0.2% today.
- Emeritus Corp (ESC[3]): ESC stock is up 0.2% today.
- Allergan Inc (AGN[4]): AGN stock is up 0.1% today.
- Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD[5]): BKD stock is up 0.1% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA[6]): ARNA stock is down 5.3% today.
- Insulet Corp (PODD[7]): PODD stock is down 5.2% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Prestige Brand Holdings (PBH[8]): PBH stock is down 4.0% today.
- Gopro Inc. (GPRO[9]): GPRO stock is down 4.0% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Incyte Corp (INCY[10]): INCY stock is down 3.7%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Celgene Corp (CELG[11]): CELG stock is down 3.5% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Wuxi Pharmatech [Cayman] Inc (WX[12]): WX stock is down 3.0% today.
- Abbvie Inc. Common Stock (ABBV[13]): ABBV stock is down 3.0% today.
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc (BMRN[14]): BMRN stock is down 2.8% 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:
- TARO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TARO
- OMI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OMI
- ESC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ESC
- AGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AGN
- BKD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BKD
- ARNA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ARNA
- PODD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PODD
- PBH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PBH
- GPRO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GPRO
- INCY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=INCY
- CELG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CELG
- WX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WX
- ABBV: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ABBV
- BMRN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BMRN
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