Healthcare stocks declined broadly on Wall Street on Tuesday morning, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 0.5%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.2%, the Nasdaq fell 2.0% and the S&P 500 declined 1.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is up 0.6% today.
- Myriad Genetics (MYGN): MYGN stock is up 2.0% today.
- Novartis Ag (NVS): NVS stock is up 2.1% today.
- Mannkind Corp (MNKD): MNKD stock is up 2.5% today.
- Wuxi Pharmatech [Cayman] Inc (WX): WX stock is up 1.7% today.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN): AZN stock is up 1.4% today.
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS): EXAS stock is up 0.8% today.
- Horizon Pharma Inc (HZNP): HZNP stock is up 0.6% today.
- Achillion Pharmaceuticals (ACHN): ACHN stock is up 1.3% today and up 21.0% in the last month.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX): VRTX stock is up 0.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Array Biopharma Inc (ARRY): ARRY stock is down 1.8% today.
- Prestige Brand Holdings (PBH): PBH stock is down 2.2% today.
- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (RDY): RDY stock is down 2.0% today.
- The Spectranetics Corp (SPNC): SPNC stock is down 1.9% today.
- Qiagen N.V. (QGEN): QGEN stock is down 2.0% today.
- Ptc Therapeutics Inc (PTCT): PTCT stock is down 1.6% today.
- Insulet Corp (PODD): PODD stock is down 1.6% today and down 24.3% in the last month.
- Cantel Medical (CMN): CMN stock is down 1.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Amag Pharmaceuticals (AMAG): AMAG stock is down 1.5% today.
- Intuitive Surgical (ISRG): ISRG stock is down 1.5% 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.
