Healthcare stocks declined 0.1% on Wall Street so far on Friday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.2%, the Nasdaq increased 0.3% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.2% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Glaxosmithkline Plc (GSK): GSK stock is up 3.7% today.
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is up 2.9% today.
- Conmed Corp (CNMD): CNMD stock is up 2.6% today.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP): SLXP stock is up 2.7% today.
- Theravance (THRX): THRX stock is up 2.7% today.
- Sanofi-Aventis Sa (SNY): SNY stock is up 1.7% today.
- Abiomed (ABMD): ABMD stock is up 1.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Horizon Pharma Inc (HZNP): HZNP stock is up 1.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Array Biopharma Inc (ARRY): ARRY stock is up 1.1% today and up 75.6% in the last month.
- Cempra Inc (CEMP): CEMP stock is up 1.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD): IRWD stock is down 6.8% today.
- Davita Healthcare Partners Inc (DVA): DVA stock is down 3.4% today.
- Mannkind Corp (MNKD): MNKD stock is down 2.9% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK): OPK stock is down 4.8% today.
- Incyte Corp (INCY): INCY stock is down 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Bluebird Bio Inc (BLUE): BLUE stock is down 2.1% today.
- Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX): NBIX stock is down 2.1% today.
- Ziopharm Oncology Inc (ZIOP): ZIOP stock is down 1.5% today.
- Fresenius Medical Care Corp (FMS): FMS stock is down 1.8% today.
- Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC): ACHC stock is down 1.6% 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.
