Healthcare stocks rose 1.2% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.7%, the Nasdaq increased 1.1% and the S&P 500 rose 0.7%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Incyte Corp (INCY): INCY stock is up 3.7% today.
- West Pharmaceutical Services (WST): WST stock is up 3.2% today.
- Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB): BIIB stock is up 3.0% today.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP): SLXP stock is up 2.6% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN): SGEN stock is up 2.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Celgene Corp (CELG): CELG stock is up 2.3% today.
- Pdl Biopharma (PDLI): PDLI stock is up 2.3% today.
- Covance Inc (CVD): CVD stock is up 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN): ALXN stock is up 2.1% today.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS): CLVS stock is up 2.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (LGND): LGND stock is down 1.3% today on 5 times normal volume.
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD): IRWD stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Prestige Brand Holdings (PBH): PBH stock is down 0.2% today.
- China Biologic Products (CBPO): CBPO stock is down 0.2% today.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO): HALO stock is down 0.1% 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.
