Healthcare stocks finished down on Wall Street today, down 0.9%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.3%, the Nasdaq declined 0.6% and the S&P 500 fell 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Insulet Corp (PODD): PODD stock is up 1.7% today.
- Neogen Corp (NEOG): NEOG stock is up 1.3% today.
- Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC): ACHC stock is up 1.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Theravance (THRX): THRX stock is up 1.1% today.
- Wright Medical Group (WMGI): WMGI stock is up 0.8% today.
- Actavis Inc (ACT): ACT stock is up 0.7% today.
- Haemonetics Corp (HAE): HAE stock is up 0.7% today.
- Anacor Pharmaceuticals (ANAC): ANAC stock is up 0.7% today.
- Pfizer Inc (PFE): PFE stock is up 0.5% today.
- Cardiovascular Systems (CSII): CSII stock is up 0.5% today and up 21.1% in the last month.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI): PBYI stock is down 3.3% today.
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY): HMSY stock is down 2.8% today.
- The Spectranetics Corp (SPNC): SPNC stock is down 2.8% today.
- Boston Scientific Corp (BSX): BSX stock is down 2.7% today.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX): VRTX stock is down 2.6% today.
- Emergent Biosolutions (EBS): EBS stock is down 2.5% today.
- Gilead Sciences (GILD): GILD stock is down 2.4% today.
- Achillion Pharmaceuticals (ACHN): ACHN stock is down 2.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Ptc Therapeutics Inc (PTCT): PTCT stock is down 2.3% today.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY): ALNY stock is down 2.2% 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.
