Healthcare stocks finished up broadly on Wall Street on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 1.0%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.5%, the Nasdaq pushed 1.1% higher and the S&P 500 increased 0.5%.

Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:

• Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD): FOLD stock is up 5.2% today.

• Dynavax Technologies Corp (DVAX): DVAX stock is up 3.7% today.

• Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB): BIIB stock is up 3.0% today.

• Neogen Corp (NEOG): NEOG stock is up 2.9% today.

• Ptc Therapeutics Inc (PTCT): PTCT stock is up 2.8% today.

• Mannkind Corp (MNKD): MNKD stock is up 2.5% today.

• Lannett Co Inc (LCI): LCI stock is up 2.4% today and up 21.4% in the last month.

• Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD): ACAD stock is up 2.3% today.

• Luxottica Group S.P.A (LUX): LUX stock is up 2.2% today.

• Cardinal Health (CAH): CAH stock is up 2.2% today.

Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:

• Nxstage Medical (NXTM): NXTM stock is down 1.2% today.

• Impax Laboratories (IPXL): IPXL stock is down 1.1% today.

• Kindred Healthcare (KND): KND stock is down 1.0% today.

• Msa Safety Inc (MSA): MSA stock is down 0.9% today.

• Hca Holdings Inc. Common Stock (HCA): HCA stock is down 0.8% today.

• Haemonetics Corp (HAE): HAE stock is down 0.7% today.

• Vca Antech (WOOF): WOOF stock is down 0.7% today.

• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA): TEVA stock is down 0.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Tornier N.V. (TRNX): TRNX stock is down 0.6% today.

• Tenet Healthcare Corp (THC): THC 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.