Healthcare stocks rose 0.8% on Wall Street on Tuesday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.5%, the Nasdaq rose 0.8% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.5% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX): NBIX stock is up 3.9% today.
- Mannkind Corp (MNKD): MNKD stock is up 3.3% today and up 28.0% in the last month.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY): ALNY stock is up 4.1% today.
- Edwards Lifesciences Corp (EW): EW stock is up 2.3% today.
- Pfizer Inc (PFE): PFE stock is up 2.1% today.
- Thoratec Corp (THOR): THOR stock is up 2.0% today.
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI): LCI stock is up 2.2% today.
- Luxottica Group S.P.A. (LUX): LUX stock is up 2.0% today.
- Centene Corp (CNC): CNC stock is up 2.0% today.
- Cempra Inc (CEMP): CEMP stock is up 1.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Impax Laboratories (IPXL): IPXL stock is down 0.8% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK): OPK stock is down 0.9% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN): SGEN stock is down 0.8% today.
- Align Technology (ALGN): ALGN stock is down 0.3% today.
- Novartis Ag (NVS): NVS stock is down 0.5% today.
- Amgen Inc (AMGN): AMGN stock is down 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Icon Plc (ICLR): ICLR stock is down 0.2% today.
- Wright Medical Group (WMGI): WMGI stock is down 0.2% today.
- Glaxosmithkline Plc (GSK): GSK stock is down 0.4% today.
- The Spectranetics Corp (SPNC): SPNC stock is down 0.3% 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.
