Healthcare stocks rose 0.6% on Wall Street on Friday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4%, the Nasdaq was up 0.5% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- The Spectranetics Corp (SPNC): SPNC stock is up 1.7% today.
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA): TEVA stock is up 1.6% today.
- Select Medical Holdings Corp (SEM): SEM stock is up 1.5% today.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc (ENDP): ENDP stock is up 1.4% today.
- Patterson Companies Inc (PDCO): PDCO stock is up 1.3% today.
- Cantel Medical (CMN): CMN stock is up 1.3% today.
- Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR): NKTR stock is up 1.2% today.
- Carefusion Corp (CFN): CFN stock is up 1.1% today.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY): BMY stock is up 1.1% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Boston Scientific Corp (BSX): BSX stock is down 1.9% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Charles River Laboratories Intl (CRL): CRL stock is down 1.5% today.
- The Medicines Company (MDCO): MDCO stock is down 1.4% today.
- Mednax Inc (MD): MD stock is down 0.9% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK): OPK stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Idexx Laboratories (IDXX): IDXX stock is down 0.7% today.
- Wright Medical Group (WMGI): WMGI stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Pdl Biopharma (PDLI): PDLI stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Resmed Inc (RMD): RMD stock is down 0.7% today.
- Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (AUXL): AUXL stock is down 0.7% 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.
