Healthcare stocks rose broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.5%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was unchanged, the Nasdaq declined 0.6% and the S&P 500 stayed consistent.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP): NPSP stock is up 2.1% today.
- Parexel International Corp (PRXL): PRXL stock is up 1.6% today.
- Greatbatch (GB): GB stock is up 1.6% today.
- Thoratec Corp (THOR): THOR stock is up 1.4% today.
- Abbott Laboratories (ABT): ABT stock is up 1.3% today.
- Shire Plc American Depositary Shares (SHPG): SHPG stock is up 1.2% today.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN): AZN stock is up 1.2% today.
- Covidien Plc. (COV): COV stock is up 1.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Zimmer Holdings (ZMH): ZMH stock is up 1.0% today.
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA): TEVA stock is up 1.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Universal Health Services (UHS): UHS stock is down 2.8% today.
- The Spectranetics Corp (SPNC): SPNC stock is down 2.1% today.
- Abiomed (ABMD): ABMD stock is down 2.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Masimo Corp (MASI): MASI stock is down 1.7% today.
- Centene Corp (CNC): CNC stock is down 1.6% today on 11 times normal volume.
- Neogen Corp (NEOG): NEOG stock is down 1.6% today.
- Community Health Systems (CYH): CYH stock is down 1.6% today.
- Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC): ACHC stock is down 1.5% today.
- Hca Holdings Inc. Common Stock (HCA): HCA stock is down 1.4% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK): OPK stock is down 1.4% 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.
