Hottest Healthcare Stocks Now – EXAS ACHN HALO CLDX
by Portfolio Grader | September 3, 2014 2:00 pm
Healthcare stocks advanced 0.6% on Wall Street on Wednesday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3%, the Nasdaq stayed consistent and the S&P 500 increased 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS[1]): EXAS stock is up 7.6% today and up 45.4% in the last month.
- Achillion Pharmaceuticals (ACHN[2]): ACHN stock is up 5.0% today and up 81.4% in the last month.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO[3]): HALO stock is up 5.1% today.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX[4]): CLDX stock is up 3.9% today and up 23.2% in the last month.
- Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX[5]): DGX stock is up 2.0% today.
- Icon Plc (ICLR[6]): ICLR stock is up 2.0% today.
- Luxottica Group S.P.A. (LUX[7]): LUX stock is up 1.7% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD[8]): ACAD stock is up 1.4% today and up 30.4% in the last month.
- The Medicines Company (MDCO[9]): MDCO stock is up 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY[10]): HMSY stock is down 10.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS[11]): CLVS stock is down 6.8% today.
- Pdl Biopharma (PDLI[12]): PDLI stock is down 2.9% today.
- Select Medical Holdings Corp (SEM[13]): SEM stock is down 1.4% today.
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX[14]): VRX stock is down 1.0% today.
- Mannkind Corp (MNKD[15]): MNKD stock is down 1.1% today.
- United Therapeutics Corp (UTHR[16]): UTHR stock is down 0.9% today.
- China Biologic Products (CBPO[17]): CBPO stock is down 1.0% today.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP[18]): SLXP stock is down 0.9% today.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX[19]): PCRX 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.
Endnotes:
- EXAS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/EXAS-stock-quote
- ACHN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACHN-stock-quote
- HALO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HALO-stock-quote
- CLDX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CLDX-stock-quote
- DGX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/DGX-stock-quote
- ICLR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ICLR-stock-quote
- LUX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/LUX-stock-quote
- ACAD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ACAD-stock-quote
- MDCO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MDCO-stock-quote
- HMSY: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HMSY-stock-quote
- CLVS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CLVS-stock-quote
- PDLI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PDLI-stock-quote
- SEM: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SEM-stock-quote
- VRX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/VRX-stock-quote
- MNKD: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/MNKD-stock-quote
- UTHR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/UTHR-stock-quote
- CBPO: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CBPO-stock-quote
- SLXP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/SLXP-stock-quote
- PCRX: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/PCRX-stock-quote
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