Healthcare stocks rose 0.2% on Wall Street on Tuesday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.5% higher, the Nasdaq was up 0.8% and the S&P 500 rose 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Tornier N.V. (TRNX): TRNX stock is up 16.5% today and up 22.5% in the last month.
- The Medicines Company (MDCO): MDCO stock is up 13.6% today and up 21.9% in the last month.
- Achillion Pharmaceuticals (ACHN): ACHN stock is up 5.4%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Amgen Inc (AMGN): AMGN stock is up 4.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS): CLVS stock is up 4.5%, marking the 11th consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is up 3.3% today.
- Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH): LH stock is up 3.6% today.
- Incyte Corp (INCY): INCY stock is up 3.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is up 2.5% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Sanofi-Aventis Sa (SNY): SNY stock is down 9.1% today.
- Healthsouth Corp (HLS): HLS stock is down 7.1% today.
- Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO): NVO stock is down 5.1% today.
- United Therapeutics Corp (UTHR): UTHR stock is down 4.7% today.
- Owens & Minor (OMI): OMI stock is down 3.7% today.
- Techne Corp (TECH): TECH stock is down 3.3% today.
- Thoratec Corp (THOR): THOR stock is down 3.1% today.
- Eli Lilly and Company (LLY): LLY stock is down 2.1% today.
- Merck & Company (MRK): MRK stock is down 1.7% today.
- Mckesson Corp (MCK): MCK stock is down 1.5% 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.
