Healthcare stocks advanced 0.6% on Wall Street on Friday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.8%, the Nasdaq increased 0.6% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD): ACAD stock is up 6.5% today.
- Community Health Systems (CYH): CYH stock is up 3.2% today.
- St. Jude Medical (STJ): STJ stock is up 2.6% today.
- Insulet Corp (PODD): PODD stock is up 2.4% today.
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is up 2.0% today.
- Sirona Dental Systems (SIRO): SIRO stock is up 2.4%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI): PBYI stock is up 1.7% today.
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY): HMSY stock is up 2.0% today.
- Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX): DGX stock is up 1.9%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Luxottica Group S.P.A. (LUX): LUX stock is up 1.6% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Theravance (THRX): THRX stock is down 1.8% today.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS): CLVS stock is down 1.2% today.
- Wuxi Pharmatech [Cayman] Inc (WX): WX stock is down 1.7% today.
- Shire Plc American Depositary Shares (SHPG): SHPG stock is down 1.3% today.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX): VRTX stock is down 1.3% today.
- Amerisourcebergen Corp (ABC): ABC stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Perrigo Company (PRGO): PRGO stock is down 0.3% today.
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI): LCI stock is down 0.5% 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.
