Healthcare stocks fell 0.7% on Wall Street so far on Wednesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.5%, the Nasdaq fell 0.5% and the S&P 500 was down 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is up 4.1% today.
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc (AVNR): AVNR stock is up 2.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (AUXL): AUXL stock is up 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN): AZN stock is up 0.6% today.
- Cooper Companies (COO): COO stock is up 0.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD): BKD stock is up 0.2%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Cubist Pharmaceuticals (CBST): CBST stock is up 0.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS): CLVS stock is down 4.1% today.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY): ALNY stock is down 1.9% today.
- Cantel Medical (CMN): CMN stock is down 1.7% today.
- Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR): ACOR stock is down 0.8% today.
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is down 1.6% today.
- Boston Scientific Corp (BSX): BSX stock is down 1.0% today.
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD): ACAD stock is down 0.5% today.
- Charles River Laboratories Intl (CRL): CRL stock is down 0.5% today.
- Amgen Inc (AMGN): AMGN stock is down 0.8% today.
- C.R. Bard (BCR): BCR 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.
