Healthcare stocks fell on Wall Street on Wednesday morning, down 1.3%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%, the Nasdaq was down 0.3% and the S&P 500 fell 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Boston Scientific Corp (BSX): BSX stock is up 3.3% today.
- Express Scripts (ESRX): ESRX stock is up 1.2% today.
- Wright Medical Group (WMGI): WMGI stock is up 0.9% today.
- Cardinal Health (CAH): CAH stock is up 0.8% today.
- Vca Antech (WOOF): WOOF stock is up 0.4% today.
- Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC): ACHC stock is up 0.3% today.
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN): AZN stock is up 0.7% today.
- Magellan Health Services (MGLN): MGLN stock is up 0.6% today.
- Abiomed (ABMD): ABMD stock is up 0.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Tornier N.V. (TRNX): TRNX stock is up 0.4% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Achillion Pharmaceuticals (ACHN): ACHN stock is down 18.3% today.
- Myriad Genetics (MYGN): MYGN stock is down 13.9% today.
- Gilead Sciences (GILD): GILD stock is down 10.0% today.
- Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS): ISIS stock is down 8.2% today.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is down 5.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY): ALNY stock is down 4.6% today.
- Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX): NBIX stock is down 6.1% today.
- Anacor Pharmaceuticals (ANAC): ANAC stock is down 4.9% today.
- Ptc Therapeutics Inc (PTCT): PTCT stock is down 4.5% 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.
