Healthcare stocks declined 0.1% on Wall Street on Wednesday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, the Nasdaq was down 0.4% and the S&P 500 declined 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- The Medicines Company (MDCO): MDCO stock is up 3.1% today.
- Kindred Healthcare (KND): KND stock is up 1.5% today.
- Community Health Systems (CYH): CYH stock is up 1.4% today.
- Icu Medical (ICUI): ICUI stock is up 1.4% today.
- Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc (MACK): MACK stock is up 0.8% today.
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI): LCI stock is up 1.5% today.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO): HALO stock is up 1.2% today.
- Newlink Genetics Corp (NLNK): NLNK stock is up 1.0% today.
- Boston Scientific Corp (BSX): BSX stock is up 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Mylan Inc (MYL): MYL stock is up 0.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR): NKTR stock is down 11.5% today.
- Theravance (THRX): THRX stock is down 3.5% today.
- Ptc Therapeutics Inc (PTCT): PTCT stock is down 3.7% today.
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS): EXAS stock is down 2.3% today.
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (LGND): LGND stock is down 2.9% today.
- Bluebird Bio Inc (BLUE): BLUE stock is down 1.6% today.
- Mannkind Corp (MNKD): MNKD stock is down 2.3% today.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY): ALNY stock is down 1.4% today.
- Luxottica Group S.P.A. (LUX): LUX stock is down 1.9% today.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS): CLVS stock is down 2.3% 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.
