Healthcare stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.5%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was steady, the Nasdaq was up 0.3% and the S&P 500 was unchanged.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Express Scripts (ESRX): ESRX stock is up 5.0% today.
- Mylan Inc (MYL): MYL stock is up 3.3% today.
- Ptc Therapeutics Inc (PTCT): PTCT stock is up 2.3% today.
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS): EXAS stock is up 2.5% today.
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA): TEVA stock is up 2.5% today.
- Prestige Brand Holdings (PBH): PBH stock is up 1.8% today.
- Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR): NKTR stock is up 0.9% today.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY): ALNY stock is up 1.7% today.
- Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS): ISIS stock is up 2.1% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Wuxi Pharmatech [Cayman] Inc (WX): WX stock is down 2.2% today.
- Shire Plc American Depositary Shares (SHPG): SHPG stock is down 1.6% today.
- Insulet Corp (PODD): PODD stock is down 1.6% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK): OPK stock is down 1.0% today.
- Anacor Pharmaceuticals (ANAC): ANAC stock is down 0.8% today.
- Icon Plc (ICLR): ICLR stock is down 0.5% today.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS): CLVS stock is down 1.2% today.
- Parexel International Corp (PRXL): PRXL stock is down 0.7% today.
- Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO): NVO stock is down 0.7% today.
- Endologix Inc (ELGX): ELGX 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.
