Healthcare stocks remained flat so far on Thursday on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%, the Nasdaq increased 0.2% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.2% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is up 12.1% today.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS): CLVS stock is up 4.0% today.
- Theravance (THRX): THRX stock is up 3.2% today.
- Mylan Inc (MYL): MYL stock is up 3.3% today.
- Neogen Corp (NEOG): NEOG stock is up 2.0% today.
- Sagent Pharmaceuticals Inc (SGNT): SGNT stock is up 1.8% today.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP): NPSP stock is up 1.2% today.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is up 1.5% today.
- Msa Safety Inc. (MSA): MSA stock is up 1.7% today.
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD): IRWD stock is up 1.4% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Masimo Corp (MASI): MASI stock is down 5.2% today.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX): VRTX stock is down 2.9% today.
- Horizon Pharma Inc (HZNP): HZNP stock is down 2.5% today.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP): SLXP stock is down 2.7% today.
- Incyte Corp (INCY): INCY stock is down 1.4% today.
- Mannkind Corp (MNKD): MNKD stock is down 1.2% today.
- Luxottica Group S.P.A. (LUX): LUX stock is down 0.9% today.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN): AZN stock is down 1.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN): ALXN stock is down 0.4% 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.
