Healthcare stocks finished up 0.7% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.4% higher, the Nasdaq was up 0.8% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI): LCI stock is up 3.5% today.
- Anacor Pharmaceuticals (ANAC): ANAC stock is up 3.5% today and up 30.1% in the last month.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO): HALO stock is up 2.9% today.
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD): IRWD stock is up 2.8% today.
- The Medicines Company (MDCO): MDCO stock is up 2.7% today.
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN): ALXN stock is up 2.7% today.
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is up 2.4% today.
- Cubist Pharmaceuticals (CBST): CBST stock is up 2.4% today.
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN): REGN stock is up 2.3% today.
- Gilead Sciences (GILD): GILD stock is up 2.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Select Medical Holdings Corp (SEM): SEM stock is down 0.7% today.
- Mckesson Corp (MCK): MCK stock is down 0.5% today.
- Mednax Inc (MD): MD stock is down 0.5% today.
- Becton Dickinson and Company (BDX): BDX stock is down 0.5% today.
- Abiomed (ABMD): ABMD stock is down 0.4% today.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (TMO): TMO stock is down 0.3% today.
- Haemonetics Corp (HAE): HAE stock is down 0.3% today.
- Conmed Corp (CNMD): CNMD stock is down 0.3% today.
- Henry Schein (HSIC): HSIC stock is down 0.3% today.
- Idexx Laboratories (IDXX): IDXX stock is down 0.2%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
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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.
