Healthcare stocks rose broadly on Wall Street so far on Tuesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.8%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.5% higher, the Nasdaq rose 0.5% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Biocryst Pharmaceuticals (BCRX): BCRX stock is up 7.9% today and up 39.3% in the last month.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is up 4.3% today.
- Cempra Inc (CEMP): CEMP stock is up 4.8% today.
- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX): KERX stock is up 3.8% today.
- Bluebird Bio Inc (BLUE): BLUE stock is up 3.0% today.
- Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX): NBIX stock is up 3.7% today.
- Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (SRPT): SRPT stock is up 2.3% today.
- Ziopharm Oncology Inc (ZIOP): ZIOP stock is up 4.0% today.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS): CLVS stock is up 3.2% today.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO): HALO stock is up 3.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Fresenius Medical Care Corp (FMS): FMS stock is down 0.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN): AZN stock is down 0.2% today.
- Wright Medical Group (WMGI): WMGI stock is down 0.2% today.
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA): TEVA 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.
