Healthcare stocks finished up broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 1.4%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.0%, the Nasdaq increased 1.5% and the S&P 500 pushed 1.0% higher.

Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:

• Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD): IRWD stock is up 4.0% today.

• Conmed Corp (CNMD): CNMD stock is up 3.6% today.

• Abbott Laboratories (ABT): ABT stock is up 3.5% today.

• Repligen Corp (RGEN): RGEN stock is up 3.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX): PCRX stock is up 3.3% today.

• Parexel International Corp (PRXL): PRXL stock is up 3.2% today.

• Abiomed (ABMD): ABMD stock is up 3.1% today.

• Vca Antech (WOOF): WOOF stock is up 3.1% today.

• Mckesson Corp (MCK): MCK stock is up 3.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN): REGN stock is up 2.9% today.

Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:

• Bluebird Bio Inc (BLUE): BLUE stock is down 1.8% today.

• Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA): ARNA stock is down 1.2% today.

• Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX): NBIX stock is down 0.9% today.

• Kindred Healthcare (KND): KND stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Impax Laboratories (IPXL): IPXL stock is down 0.6% today.

• Insulet Corp (PODD): PODD stock is down 0.4% today.

• The Spectranetics Corp (SPNC): SPNC stock is down 0.3% today and down 30.3% in the last month.

• Pdl Biopharma (PDLI): PDLI stock is down 0.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

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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.