Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – TARO THRX EW ACAD
by Portfolio Grader | August 1, 2014 7:15 pm
Healthcare stocks finished flat today on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.3%, the Nasdaq fell 0.4% and the S&P 500 was down 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Taro Pharm Inds (TARO[1]): TARO stock is up 2.5% today.
- Theravance (THRX[2]): THRX stock is up 2.0% today.
- Edwards Lifesciences Corp (EW[3]): EW stock is up 1.9% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD[4]): ACAD stock is up 1.7% today.
- Davita Healthcare Partners Inc (DVA[5]): DVA stock is up 1.4% today.
- Actavis Inc (ACT[6]): ACT stock is up 1.3% today on 4 times normal volume.
- Impax Laboratories (IPXL[7]): IPXL stock is up 1.0% today.
- Henry Schein (HSIC[8]): HSIC stock is up 1.0% today.
- Kindred Healthcare (KND[9]): KND stock is up 0.8% today.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS[10]): CLVS stock is up 1.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Pdl Biopharma (PDLI[11]): PDLI stock is down 2.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Heartware International (HTWR[12]): HTWR stock is down 2.2% today.
- Owens & Minor (OMI[13]): OMI stock is down 1.6% today.
- Neogen Corp (NEOG[14]): NEOG stock is down 1.6% today.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY[15]): BMY stock is down 1.6% today.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX[16]): VRTX stock is down 1.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD[17]): IRWD stock is down 1.5% today.
- Amgen Inc (AMGN[18]): AMGN stock is down 1.5% today.
- Hospira Inc (HSP[19]): HSP stock is down 1.5% today.
- Align Technology (ALGN[20]): ALGN stock is down 1.5% 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:
- TARO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/TARO-stock-quote
- THRX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/THRX-stock-quote
- EW: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/EW-stock-quote
- ACAD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACAD-stock-quote
- DVA: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/DVA-stock-quote
- ACT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACT-stock-quote
- IPXL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/IPXL-stock-quote
- HSIC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HSIC-stock-quote
- KND: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/KND-stock-quote
- CLVS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CLVS-stock-quote
- PDLI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PDLI-stock-quote
- HTWR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HTWR-stock-quote
- OMI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/OMI-stock-quote
- NEOG: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/NEOG-stock-quote
- BMY: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BMY-stock-quote
- VRTX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/VRTX-stock-quote
- IRWD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/IRWD-stock-quote
- AMGN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AMGN-stock-quote
- HSP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HSP-stock-quote
- ALGN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ALGN-stock-quote
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