Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – LCI ISIS CNC ACHN
by Portfolio Grader | August 28, 2014 1:00 pm
Healthcare stocks remained flat on Thursday morning on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.3%, the Nasdaq was down 0.3% and the S&P 500 fell 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI[1]): LCI stock is up 3.4% today.
- Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS[2]): ISIS stock is up 3.1% today and up 21.0% in the last month.
- Centene Corp (CNC[3]): CNC stock is up 2.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Achillion Pharmaceuticals (ACHN[4]): ACHN stock is up 1.6% today and up 59.9% in the last month.
- Immunogen (IMGN[5]): IMGN stock is up 1.7% today.
- Sangamo Biosciences (SGMO[6]): SGMO stock is up 1.4% today.
- Vca Antech (WOOF[7]): WOOF stock is up 1.2% today.
- Resmed Inc (RMD[8]): RMD stock is up 1.1% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD[9]): ACAD stock is up 0.9% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN[10]): SGEN stock is up 1.1% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- China Biologic Products (CBPO[11]): CBPO stock is down 2.9% today.
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS[12]): EXAS stock is down 2.6% today.
- Dentsply International Inc (XRAY[13]): XRAY stock is down 1.5% today.
- Tornier N.V. (TRNX[14]): TRNX stock is down 1.4% today.
- Theravance (THRX[15]): THRX stock is down 1.3% today.
- Sanofi-Aventis Sa (SNY[16]): SNY stock is down 1.3% today.
- Masimo Corp (MASI[17]): MASI stock is down 1.2% today.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO[18]): HALO stock is down 1.2% today.
- Sirona Dental Systems (SIRO[19]): SIRO stock is down 1.1% 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.
Endnotes:
- LCI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/LCI-stock-quote
- ISIS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ISIS-stock-quote
- CNC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CNC-stock-quote
- ACHN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACHN-stock-quote
- IMGN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/IMGN-stock-quote
- SGMO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SGMO-stock-quote
- WOOF: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/WOOF-stock-quote
- RMD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/RMD-stock-quote
- ACAD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACAD-stock-quote
- SGEN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SGEN-stock-quote
- CBPO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CBPO-stock-quote
- EXAS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/EXAS-stock-quote
- XRAY: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/XRAY-stock-quote
- TRNX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/TRNX-stock-quote
- THRX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/THRX-stock-quote
- SNY: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SNY-stock-quote
- MASI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MASI-stock-quote
- HALO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HALO-stock-quote
- SIRO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SIRO-stock-quote
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