Healthcare stocks declined on Wall Street on Tuesday morning, down 0.3%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2%, the Nasdaq fell 0.6% and the S&P 500 declined 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Amedisys Inc (AMED): AMED stock is up 6.5% today and up 32.8% in the last month.
- Cantel Medical (CMN): CMN stock is up 3.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (SRPT): SRPT stock is up 1.6% today and up 62.5% in the last month.
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY): HMSY stock is up 1.0% today.
- Mednax Inc (MD): MD stock is up 0.5% today.
- Edwards Lifesciences Corp (EW): EW stock is up 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Msa Safety Inc. (MSA): MSA stock is up 0.5% today.
- Hca Holdings Inc. Common Stock (HCA): HCA stock is up 0.5% today.
- Community Health Systems (CYH): CYH stock is up 0.5% today.
- The Ensign Group (ENSG): ENSG stock is up 0.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD): IRWD stock is down 7.5% today.
- Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX): NBIX stock is down 6.1% today.
- Mannkind Corp (MNKD): MNKD stock is down 5.7% today.
- Ziopharm Oncology Inc (ZIOP): ZIOP stock is down 3.9% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK): OPK stock is down 2.9% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD): ACAD stock is down 2.6% today.
- Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA): ARNA stock is down 1.8% today.
- Cambrex Corp (CBM): CBM stock is down 2.3% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN): SGEN stock is down 1.6% today.
- Bio-Reference Laboratories (BRLI): BRLI stock is down 2.5% 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.
