Healthcare stocks remained flat so far on Tuesday on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.5%, the Nasdaq increased 0.6% and the S&P 500 rose 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Heartware International (HTWR): HTWR stock is up 4.8% today.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is up 4.4% today.
- Ptc Therapeutics Inc (PTCT): PTCT stock is up 2.9% today.
- Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX): NBIX stock is up 3.1% today.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX): PCRX stock is up 2.5% today.
- Insulet Corp (PODD): PODD stock is up 2.9% today.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO): HALO stock is up 2.0% today.
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI): LCI stock is up 2.8% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN): SGEN stock is up 2.4% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc (AVNR): AVNR stock is down 3.4% today.
- Luxottica Group S.P.A. (LUX): LUX stock is down 2.6% today.
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS): EXAS stock is down 2.2% today.
- Gilead Sciences (GILD): GILD stock is down 1.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Horizon Pharma Inc (HZNP): HZNP stock is down 1.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI): PBYI stock is down 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Fresenius Medical Care Corp (FMS): FMS stock is down 1.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Steris Corp (STE): STE stock is down 1.1% today.
- Centene Corp (CNC): CNC stock is down 0.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Resmed Inc (RMD): RMD stock is down 0.6%, marking the third 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.
