Healthcare stocks advanced 0.8% on Wall Street so far on Thursday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.7%, the Nasdaq increased 1.1% and the S&P 500 rose 0.7%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Prestige Brand Holdings (PBH): PBH stock is up 5.4% today.
- Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc (MACK): MACK stock is up 4.6% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK): OPK stock is up 3.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Cambrex Corp (CBM): CBM stock is up 2.8% today.
- Shire Plc American Depositary Shares (SHPG): SHPG stock is up 2.7% today.
- Boston Scientific Corp (BSX): BSX stock is up 2.7% today.
- Luxottica Group S.P.A. (LUX): LUX stock is up 2.5% today.
- Healthsouth Corp (HLS): HLS stock is up 2.5% today.
- Endologix Inc (ELGX): ELGX stock is up 2.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS): CLVS stock is up 2.4% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI): PBYI stock is down 19.0% today.
- Newlink Genetics Corp (NLNK): NLNK stock is down 3.7% today and down 30.4% in the last month.
- Ziopharm Oncology Inc (ZIOP): ZIOP stock is down 2.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX): VRTX stock is down 1.9% today.
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI): LCI stock is down 1.5% today.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is down 1.1% today.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY): BMY stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Ptc Therapeutics Inc (PTCT): PTCT stock is down 0.9% today and down 22.0% in the last month.
- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX): KERX stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Array Biopharma Inc (ARRY): ARRY stock is down 0.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
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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.
