Healthcare stocks rose broadly on Wall Street on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.6%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4%, the Nasdaq increased 0.3% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Bluebird Bio Inc (BLUE): BLUE stock is up 6.9% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD): IRWD stock is up 6.6% today.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY): ALNY stock is up 5.6% today and up 21.3% in the last month.
- Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR): ACOR stock is up 4.1% today.
- Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX): DGX stock is up 3.8% today.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP): NPSP stock is up 3.5% today.
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY): HMSY stock is up 3.4% today.
- The Spectranetics Corp (SPNC): SPNC stock is up 3.3% today.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX): PCRX stock is up 2.8% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD): ACAD stock is up 2.8% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Perrigo Company (PRGO): PRGO stock is down 3.8% today on 6 times normal volume.
- Genomic Health (GHDX): GHDX stock is down 1.6% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Glaxosmithkline Plc (GSK): GSK stock is down 0.9% today.
- Covidien Plc. (COV): COV stock is down 0.8% today.
- Fresenius Medical Care Corp (FMS): FMS stock is down 0.8% today.
- Examworks Group (EXAM): EXAM stock is down 0.8% today.
- Zimmer Holdings (ZMH): ZMH stock is down 0.7% today.
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (LGND): LGND stock is down 0.7% today.
- Novartis Ag (NVS): NVS stock is down 0.6% today.
- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (RDY): RDY stock is down 0.6% 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.
