Healthcare stocks finished flat today on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.1%, the Nasdaq was unchanged and the S&P 500 declined 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (LGND): LGND stock is up 3.6% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Myriad Genetics (MYGN): MYGN stock is up 1.9% today.
- Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR): ACOR stock is up 1.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Boston Scientific Corp (BSX): BSX stock is up 0.9% today.
- Neogen Corp (NEOG): NEOG stock is up 0.7% today.
- Thoratec Corp (THOR): THOR stock is up 0.7% today.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS): CLVS stock is up 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Novartis Ag (NVS): NVS stock is up 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Merck & Company (MRK): MRK stock is up 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- The Spectranetics Corp (SPNC): SPNC stock is up 0.6% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY): HMSY stock is down 2.0% today.
- Masimo Corp (MASI): MASI stock is down 2.0% today.
- Cantel Medical (CMN): CMN stock is down 2.0% today.
- West Pharmaceutical Services (WST): WST stock is down 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO): HALO stock is down 1.6% today.
- Wuxi Pharmatech [Cayman] Inc (WX): WX stock is down 1.6% today.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc (ENDP): ENDP stock is down 1.6% today.
- Wright Medical Group (WMGI): WMGI stock is down 1.4% today.
- Examworks Group (EXAM): EXAM stock is down 1.3% today.
- Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO): NVO 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.
