Healthcare stocks rose broadly on Wall Street on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 1.2%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, the Nasdaq increased 0.5% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.5%.

Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:

• Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN): ALXN stock is up 3.0% today.

• Actavis Inc (ACT): ACT stock is up 2.7% today.

• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA): TEVA stock is up 2.7% today.

• West Pharmaceutical Services (WST): WST stock is up 2.5% today.

• Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD): ACAD stock is up 2.4% today.

• United Therapeutics Corp (UTHR): UTHR stock is up 2.1% today.

• Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX): NBIX stock is up 2.1% today.

• Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR): ACOR stock is up 2.0%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Parexel International Corp (PRXL): PRXL stock is up 2.0% today.

• The Medicines Company (MDCO): MDCO stock is up 1.9% today.

Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:

• The Spectranetics Corp (SPNC): SPNC stock is down 1.1% today.

• Heartware International (HTWR): HTWR stock is down 0.6% today.

• Greatbatch (GB): GB stock is down 0.6% today.

• Baxter International Inc (BAX): BAX stock is down 0.3% today.

• St. Jude Medical (STJ): STJ stock is down 0.2% today.

• Idexx Laboratories (IDXX): IDXX stock is down 0.2% today.

• Masimo Corp (MASI): MASI stock is down 0.2% today.

• Carefusion Corp (CFN): CFN stock is down 0.1% today.

• Conmed Corp (CNMD): CNMD 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.