Healthcare stocks rose 0.9% on Wall Street so far on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.2%, the Nasdaq stayed the same and the S&P 500 pushed 0.2% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Bluebird Bio Inc (BLUE): BLUE stock is up 7.4% today.
- Sangamo Biosciences (SGMO): SGMO stock is up 3.5% today.
- China Biologic Products (CBPO): CBPO stock is up 1.8% today.
- Mannkind Corp (MNKD): MNKD stock is up 3.2% today.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP): SLXP stock is up 3.6% today.
- Centene Corp (CNC): CNC stock is up 3.1% today.
- United Therapeutics Corp (UTHR): UTHR stock is up 1.5% today.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is up 2.8% today.
- Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB): BIIB stock is up 2.4% today.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI): PBYI stock is up 1.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Qiagen N.V. (QGEN): QGEN stock is down 3.1% today.
- Select Medical Holdings Corp (SEM): SEM stock is down 1.9% today.
- Hms Holdings Corp (HMSY): HMSY stock is down 1.9% today.
- Pdl Biopharma (PDLI): PDLI stock is down 1.8% today.
- The Medicines Company (MDCO): MDCO stock is down 1.5% today.
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX): VRTX stock is down 1.0% today.
- Luxottica Group S.P.A. (LUX): LUX stock is down 1.1% today.
- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (RDY): RDY stock is down 1.0% today.
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI): LCI stock is down 1.4% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN): SGEN stock is down 0.8% 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.
