Biggest Movers in Healthcare Stocks Now – AVNR NPSP IRWD DGX
by Portfolio Grader | August 29, 2014 7:00 pm
Healthcare stocks finished up broadly on Wall Street on Friday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.4%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.3%, the Nasdaq pushed 0.4% higher and the S&P 500 increased 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc (AVNR[1]): AVNR stock is up 3.5% today.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP[2]): NPSP stock is up 2.7% today.
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD[3]): IRWD stock is up 2.3% today.
- Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX[4]): DGX stock is up 2.0% today.
- Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH[5]): LH stock is up 1.7% today.
- Tornier N.V. (TRNX[6]): TRNX stock is up 1.6% today.
- Chemed Inc (CHE[7]): CHE stock is up 1.6% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD[8]): ACAD stock is up 1.6% today.
- The Medicines Company (MDCO[9]): MDCO stock is up 1.4% today.
- Examworks Group (EXAM[10]): EXAM stock is up 1.4% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Covance Inc (CVD[11]): CVD stock is down 0.9% today.
- Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC[12]): ACHC stock is down 0.6% today.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc (ENDP[13]): ENDP stock is down 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS[14]): CLVS stock is down 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR[15]): NKTR stock is down 0.3% today.
- Zimmer Holdings (ZMH[16]): ZMH stock is down 0.1% today.
- Patterson Companies Inc (PDCO[17]): PDCO stock is down 0.1% today.
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And for more on the hot stocks moving most on Wall Street right now, check out our archive of daily market movers by sector here[20].
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:
- AVNR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AVNR-stock-quote
- NPSP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NPSP-stock-quote
- IRWD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/IRWD-stock-quote
- DGX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/DGX-stock-quote
- LH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/LH-stock-quote
- TRNX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/TRNX-stock-quote
- CHE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CHE-stock-quote
- ACAD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACAD-stock-quote
- MDCO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MDCO-stock-quote
- EXAM: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/EXAM-stock-quote
- CVD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CVD-stock-quote
- ACHC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACHC-stock-quote
- ENDP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ENDP-stock-quote
- CLVS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CLVS-stock-quote
- NKTR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NKTR-stock-quote
- ZMH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ZMH-stock-quote
- PDCO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PDCO-stock-quote
- best stocks to buy: https://investorplace.com/category/stock-picks/stocks-to-buy/
- InvestorPlace.com: https://investorplace.com/category/stock-picks/stocks-to-buy/
- here: https://investorplace.com/hot-topics/daily-market-movers
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