Healthcare stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street on Tuesday morning, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.9%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.4%, the Nasdaq was up 0.6% and the S&P 500 increased 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI): PBYI stock is up 3.5% today.
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI): LCI stock is up 3.7% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD): ACAD stock is up 3.6% today.
- Novartis Ag (NVS): NVS stock is up 1.9% today.
- Sanofi-Aventis Sa (SNY): SNY stock is up 1.5% today.
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX): VRX stock is up 1.5% today.
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): JNJ stock is up 1.3% today.
- Abbvie Inc. Common Stock (ABBV): ABBV stock is up 1.4% today.
- Glaxosmithkline Plc (GSK): GSK stock is up 1.0% today.
- St. Jude Medical (STJ): STJ stock is up 1.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Cambrex Corp (CBM): CBM stock is down 1.2% today.
- Msa Safety Inc. (MSA): MSA stock is down 0.7% today.
- Kindred Healthcare (KND): KND stock is down 0.4% today.
- Wellcare Group (WCG): WCG stock is down 0.9% today.
- Examworks Group (EXAM): EXAM stock is down 0.7% today.
- Cooper Companies (COO): COO stock is down 0.4% today.
- West Pharmaceutical Services (WST): WST stock is down 0.5% today.
- Zimmer Holdings (ZMH): ZMH stock is down 0.4% today.
- Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO): NVO stock is down 0.2% today.
- Steris Corp (STE): STE stock is down 0.1% 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.
