Healthcare stocks rose 1.4% on Wall Street so far on Thursday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.7%, the Nasdaq pushed 0.5% higher and the S&P 500 rose 0.7%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Hospira Inc (HSP): HSP stock is up 35.0% today and up 35.1% in the last month.
- Cempra Inc (CEMP): CEMP stock is up 4.1% today.
- Smith & Nephew Snats (SNN): SNN stock is up 4.1% today.
- Lannett Co Inc (LCI): LCI stock is up 4.3% today.
- Becton Dickinson and Company (BDX): BDX stock is up 3.7% today.
- Impax Laboratories (IPXL): IPXL stock is up 3.6% today.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX): PCRX stock is up 3.3% today.
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD): IRWD stock is up 3.2% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK): OPK stock is up 3.1% today and up 24.1% in the last month.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY): ALNY stock is up 3.1% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Astrazeneca Plc (AZN): AZN stock is down 1.7% today.
- Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD): BKD stock is down 1.4% today.
- Myriad Genetics (MYGN): MYGN stock is down 1.3% today.
- Novartis Ag (NVS): NVS stock is down 0.7% today.
- Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC): ACHC stock is down 0.5% today.
- Merck & Company (MRK): MRK stock is down 0.2% today.
- Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH): LH stock is down 0.1% today.
- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (RDY): RDY stock is down 0.2% 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.
