Healthcare stocks rose broadly on Wall Street on Wednesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.5%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.4%, the Nasdaq was down 0.4% and the S&P 500 fell 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA): ARNA stock is up 6.9% today.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY): BMY stock is up 6.1% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Sangamo Biosciences (SGMO): SGMO stock is up 5.3% today.
- Bio-Reference Laboratories (BRLI): BRLI stock is up 3.7% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Array Biopharma Inc (ARRY): ARRY stock is up 3.1% today.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO): HALO stock is up 3.1% today.
- Clovis Oncology Inc (CLVS): CLVS stock is up 2.4% today.
- Cempra Inc (CEMP): CEMP stock is up 2.2% today.
- China Biologic Products (CBPO): CBPO stock is up 2.2% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS): ISIS stock is up 2.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Msa Safety Inc. (MSA): MSA stock is down 1.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Parexel International Corp (PRXL): PRXL stock is down 1.2% today.
- Cantel Medical (CMN): CMN stock is down 1.1% today.
- Teleflex Inc (TFX): TFX stock is down 1.0% today.
- Healthsouth Corp (HLS): HLS stock is down 1.0% today.
- Chemed Inc (CHE): CHE stock is down 1.0% today.
- Pdl Biopharma (PDLI): PDLI stock is down 0.9% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD): BKD stock is down 0.8% today.
- Merck & Company (MRK): MRK stock is down 0.8% today.
- St. Jude Medical (STJ): STJ stock is down 0.7% 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.
