Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – ALNY PBH OPK ENDP
by Portfolio Grader | August 8, 2014 7:00 pm
Healthcare stocks rose broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 1.2%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 1.2% higher, the Nasdaq was up 0.7% and the S&P 500 rose 1.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY[1]): ALNY stock is up 3.6% today.
- Prestige Brand Holdings (PBH[2]): PBH stock is up 3.2% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK[3]): OPK stock is up 2.8% today.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc (ENDP[4]): ENDP stock is up 2.6% today.
- Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX[5]): NBIX stock is up 2.5% today.
- Thoratec Corp (THOR[6]): THOR stock is up 2.3% today on 5 times normal volume.
- Msa Safety Inc. (MSA[7]): MSA stock is up 2.2% today.
- Haemonetics Corp (HAE[8]): HAE stock is up 2.0% today.
- Varian Medical Systems (VAR[9]): VAR stock is up 2.0% today.
- Heartware International (HTWR[10]): HTWR stock is up 1.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Conmed Corp (CNMD[11]): CNMD stock is down 1.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- China Biologic Products (CBPO[12]): CBPO stock is down 1.2% today.
- Greatbatch (GB[13]): GB stock is down 1.1%, marking the seventh consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Lifepoint Hospitals (LPNT[14]): LPNT stock is down 0.6% today.
- Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD[15]): BKD stock is down 0.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Chemed Inc (CHE[16]): CHE stock is down 0.5% today.
- Impax Laboratories (IPXL[17]): IPXL stock is down 0.5% today.
- Wuxi Pharmatech [Cayman] Inc (WX[18]): WX stock is down 0.5% today.
- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX[19]): KERX stock is down 0.4% today.
- Abiomed (ABMD[20]): ABMD stock is down 0.4% 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[23].
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:
- ALNY: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ALNY-stock-quote
- PBH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PBH-stock-quote
- OPK: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/OPK-stock-quote
- ENDP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ENDP-stock-quote
- NBIX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NBIX-stock-quote
- THOR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/THOR-stock-quote
- MSA: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MSA-stock-quote
- HAE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HAE-stock-quote
- VAR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/VAR-stock-quote
- HTWR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HTWR-stock-quote
- CNMD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CNMD-stock-quote
- CBPO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CBPO-stock-quote
- GB: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GB-stock-quote
- LPNT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/LPNT-stock-quote
- BKD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BKD-stock-quote
- CHE: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CHE-stock-quote
- IPXL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/IPXL-stock-quote
- WX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/WX-stock-quote
- KERX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/KERX-stock-quote
- ABMD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ABMD-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/
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