Healthcare stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street on Monday morning, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.2%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6%, the Nasdaq pushed 0.6% higher and the S&P 500 climbed 0.6%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (RDY): RDY stock is up 3.0% today.
- Tenet Healthcare Corp (THC): THC stock is up 2.5% today.
- Cambrex Corp (CBM): CBM stock is up 2.2% today.
- Community Health Systems (CYH): CYH stock is up 2.1% today.
- Examworks Group (EXAM): EXAM stock is up 1.9% today.
- Universal Health Services (UHS): UHS stock is up 1.7% today.
- Hca Holdings Inc. Common Stock (HCA): HCA stock is up 1.6% today.
- Resmed Inc (RMD): RMD stock is up 1.7% today.
- Steris Corp (STE): STE stock is up 1.4% today.
- Wuxi Pharmatech [Cayman] Inc (WX): WX stock is up 1.3% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI): PBYI stock is down 1.1% today.
- Wellcare Group (WCG): WCG stock is down 0.7% today.
- Taro Pharm Inds (TARO): TARO stock is down 0.5% today.
- Chemed Inc (CHE): CHE stock is down 0.3% today.
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): JNJ stock is down 0.4% today.
- Boston Scientific Corp (BSX): BSX stock is down 0.3% today.
- Merck & Company (MRK): MRK stock is down 0.3% today.
- Kindred Healthcare (KND): KND stock is down 0.3% today.
- Greatbatch (GB): GB stock is down 0.2% today.
- Owens & Minor (OMI): OMI 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.
