Healthcare stocks rose 0.7% on Wall Street on Thursday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.1%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.3% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.1% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc (MACK): MACK stock is up 5.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Ziopharm Oncology Inc (ZIOP): ZIOP stock is up 4.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY): ALNY stock is up 6.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc (BMRN): BMRN stock is up 4.9% today.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is up 5.0% today and up 40.9% in the last month.
- Sangamo Biosciences (SGMO): SGMO stock is up 3.2% today.
- Bluebird Bio Inc (BLUE): BLUE stock is up 4.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI): PBYI stock is up 4.4% today.
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is up 3.8% today and up 22.1% in the last month.
- Incyte Corp (INCY): INCY stock is up 5.3% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Achillion Pharmaceuticals (ACHN): ACHN stock is down 10.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Abbvie Inc. Common Stock (ABBV): ABBV stock is down 2.0% today.
- Horizon Pharma Inc (HZNP): HZNP stock is down 2.0% today.
- Mannkind Corp (MNKD): MNKD stock is down 3.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Msa Safety Inc. (MSA): MSA stock is down 2.3% today.
- Tenet Healthcare Corp (THC): THC stock is down 2.6% today.
- Orexigen Therapeutics (OREX): OREX stock is down 4.0% today.
- Hca Holdings Inc. Common Stock (HCA): HCA stock is down 0.8% today.
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY): HMSY stock is down 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Kindred Healthcare (KND): KND stock is down 0.5% 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.
