Healthcare stocks fell 0.5% on Wall Street so far on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.4%, the Nasdaq fell 0.4% and the S&P 500 declined 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH): LH stock is up 0.9% today.
- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (RDY): RDY stock is up 0.8% today.
- Select Medical Holdings Corp (SEM): SEM stock is up 0.5% today.
- Mednax Inc (MD): MD stock is up 0.5% today.
- Wuxi Pharmatech [Cayman] Inc (WX): WX stock is up 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA): TEVA stock is up 0.5% today.
- Abbvie Inc. Common Stock (ABBV): ABBV stock is up 0.2% today.
- Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD): BKD stock is up 0.3% today.
- Cambrex Corp (CBM): CBM stock is up 0.3% today.
- Becton Dickinson and Company (BDX): BDX stock is up 0.1% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Glaxosmithkline Plc (GSK): GSK stock is down 2.3% today.
- Novartis Ag (NVS): NVS stock is down 2.0% today.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI): PBYI stock is down 1.6% today.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN): AZN stock is down 1.9% today.
- Msa Safety Inc. (MSA): MSA stock is down 1.7% today.
- Sanofi-Aventis Sa (SNY): SNY stock is down 1.5% today.
- Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO): NVO stock is down 1.3% today.
- Emergent Biosolutions (EBS): EBS stock is down 1.2% today.
- Perrigo Company (PRGO): PRGO stock is down 1.0% today.
- St. Jude Medical (STJ): STJ stock is down 1.0% 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.
