Healthcare stocks rose 0.3% on Wall Street on Wednesday morning.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.5% higher, the Nasdaq increased 1.5% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.5% higher.

Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:

• Abiomed (ABMD): ABMD stock is up 35.0% today and up 35.0% in the last month.

• Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is up 5.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Vca Antech (WOOF): WOOF stock is up 3.2% today.

• Mannkind Corp (MNKD): MNKD stock is up 3.1% today.

• Cempra Inc (CEMP): CEMP stock is up 3.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Cardinal Health (CAH): CAH stock is up 2.7% today.

• Stryker Corp (SYK): SYK stock is up 2.1% today.

• Align Technology (ALGN): ALGN stock is up 1.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP): SLXP stock is up 2.1% today.

Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:

• Theravance (THRX): THRX stock is down 1.7% today.

• Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc (MACK): MACK stock is down 1.7% today.

• St. Jude Medical (STJ): STJ stock is down 1.5% today.

• Resmed Inc (RMD): RMD stock is down 1.2% today.

• Qiagen N.V. (QGEN): QGEN stock is down 1.1% today.

• Achillion Pharmaceuticals (ACHN): ACHN stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is down 1.2% today.

• Kindred Healthcare (KND): KND stock is down 0.8% today.

• Seattle Genetics (SGEN): SGEN stock is down 0.8% today.

• Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO): HALO stock is down 0.8% 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.