Biggest Movers in Healthcare Stocks Now – SLXP AGN EXAS ACT
by Portfolio Grader | August 19, 2014 7:00 pm
Healthcare stocks rose 0.7% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, the Nasdaq increased 0.6% and the S&P 500 rose 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP[1]): SLXP stock is up 15.5% today on 6 times normal volume.
- Allergan Inc (AGN[2]): AGN stock is up 4.0% today.
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS[3]): EXAS stock is up 3.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Actavis Inc (ACT[4]): ACT stock is up 2.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Perrigo Company (PRGO[5]): PRGO stock is up 2.0% today.
- Abbvie Inc. Common Stock (ABBV[6]): ABBV stock is up 1.8% today.
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc (BMRN[7]): BMRN stock is up 1.6% today.
- Abiomed (ABMD[8]): ABMD stock is up 1.3% today.
- Eli Lilly and Company (LLY[9]): LLY stock is up 1.3% today.
- Novartis Ag (NVS[10]): NVS stock is up 1.3% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP[11]): NPSP stock is down 1.2% today.
- Taro Pharm Inds (TARO[12]): TARO stock is down 1.1% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Msa Safety Inc. (MSA[13]): MSA stock is down 0.9% today.
- Tenet Healthcare Corp (THC[14]): THC stock is down 0.6% today.
- C.R. Bard (BCR[15]): BCR stock is down 0.5% today.
- Insulet Corp (PODD[16]): PODD stock is down 0.5% today.
- Community Health Systems (CYH[17]): CYH stock is down 0.5% today.
- Techne Corp (TECH[18]): TECH stock is down 0.4% today.
- Boston Scientific Corp (BSX[19]): BSX stock is down 0.4% today.
- Varian Medical Systems (VAR[20]): VAR stock is down 0.4% 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:
- SLXP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SLXP-stock-quote
- AGN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AGN-stock-quote
- EXAS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/EXAS-stock-quote
- ACT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACT-stock-quote
- PRGO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PRGO-stock-quote
- ABBV: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ABBV-stock-quote
- BMRN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BMRN-stock-quote
- ABMD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ABMD-stock-quote
- LLY: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/LLY-stock-quote
- NVS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NVS-stock-quote
- NPSP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NPSP-stock-quote
- TARO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/TARO-stock-quote
- MSA: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MSA-stock-quote
- THC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/THC-stock-quote
- BCR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BCR-stock-quote
- PODD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PODD-stock-quote
- CYH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CYH-stock-quote
- TECH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/TECH-stock-quote
- BSX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BSX-stock-quote
- VAR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/VAR-stock-quote
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