Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – THC KND VRTX ABBV
by Portfolio Grader | July 2, 2014 6:45 pm
Healthcare stocks finished up 0.8% on Wall Street on Wednesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.1%, the Nasdaq rose 0.2% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Tenet Healthcare Corp (THC[1]): THC stock is up 2.7% today.
- Kindred Healthcare (KND[2]): KND stock is up 2.4% today.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX[3]): VRTX stock is up 2.3% today and up 34.4% in the last month.
- Abbvie Inc. Common Stock (ABBV[4]): ABBV stock is up 2.1% to a new 52-week high of $58.11.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN[5]): AZN stock is up 2.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB[6]): BIIB stock is up 1.9% today.
- Perrigo Company (PRGO[7]): PRGO stock is up 1.9% today.
- Celgene Corp (CELG[8]): CELG stock is up 1.8% today.
- Baxter International Inc (BAX[9]): BAX stock is up 1.7% today.
- Healthsouth Corp (HLS[10]): HLS stock is up 1.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Cantel Medical (CMN[11]): CMN stock is down 1.9% today.
- Myriad Genetics (MYGN[12]): MYGN stock is down 1.8% today.
- West Pharmaceutical Services (WST[13]): WST stock is down 1.4% today.
- Incyte Corp (INCY[14]): INCY stock is down 1.4% today.
- Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR[15]): NKTR stock is down 1.4% today.
- Mwi Veterinary Supply (MWIV[16]): MWIV stock is down 1.2% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK[17]): OPK stock is down 1.1% today.
- Neogen Corp (NEOG[18]): NEOG stock is down 1.1% today.
- Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (AUXL[19]): AUXL stock is down 1.0% today.
- Actavis Inc (ACT[20]): ACT stock is down 1.0% 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:
- THC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=THC
- KND: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KND
- VRTX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VRTX
- ABBV: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ABBV
- AZN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AZN
- BIIB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BIIB
- PRGO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PRGO
- CELG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CELG
- BAX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BAX
- HLS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HLS
- CMN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CMN
- MYGN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MYGN
- WST: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WST
- INCY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=INCY
- NKTR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NKTR
- MWIV: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MWIV
- OPK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OPK
- NEOG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NEOG
- AUXL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AUXL
- ACT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ACT
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