Healthcare stocks advanced 0.4% on Wall Street on Thursday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.4%, the Nasdaq rose 0.6% and the S&P 500 increased 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is up 2.7% today and up 21.2% in the last month.
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is up 2.0% today.
- Centene Corp (CNC): CNC stock is up 1.7% today.
- Zimmer Holdings (ZMH): ZMH stock is up 1.7% today.
- Achillion Pharmaceuticals (ACHN): ACHN stock is up 2.1% today and up 86.8% in the last month.
- Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR): ACOR stock is up 1.8% today.
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY): HMSY stock is up 1.2% today.
- Actavis Inc (ACT): ACT stock is up 1.1% today.
- Charles River Laboratories Intl (CRL): CRL stock is up 1.2% today.
- Tornier N.V. (TRNX): TRNX stock is up 1.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD): IRWD stock is down 6.1% today.
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS): EXAS stock is down 1.6% today.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP): SLXP stock is down 1.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Universal Health Services (UHS): UHS stock is down 1.3% today.
- Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO): NVO stock is down 1.4% today.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN): AZN stock is down 1.2% today.
- Kindred Healthcare (KND): KND stock is down 1.2% today.
- Pdl Biopharma (PDLI): PDLI stock is down 1.2% today.
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN): REGN stock is down 1.0% 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.
