Healthcare stocks rose 0.2% on Wall Street so far on Monday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was steady, the Nasdaq remained flat and the S&P 500 was unchanged.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (LGND): LGND stock is up 2.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Horizon Pharma Inc (HZNP): HZNP stock is up 3.9% today.
- Repligen Corp (RGEN): RGEN stock is up 4.0% today.
- Momenta Pharmaceuticals (MNTA): MNTA stock is up 3.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Anacor Pharmaceuticals (ANAC): ANAC stock is up 3.0%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Actavis Inc (ACT): ACT stock is up 3.1% today.
- Ptc Therapeutics Inc (PTCT): PTCT stock is up 3.0% today.
- Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc (ZLTQ): ZLTQ stock is up 2.8% today.
- Achillion Pharmaceuticals (ACHN): ACHN stock is up 2.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Newlink Genetics Corp (NLNK): NLNK stock is up 1.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Mannkind Corp (MNKD): MNKD stock is down 5.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Nxstage Medical (NXTM): NXTM stock is down 2.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Thoratec Corp (THOR): THOR stock is down 1.6% today.
- Luxottica Group S.P.A. (LUX): LUX stock is down 1.3% today.
- Qiagen N.V. (QGEN): QGEN stock is down 1.3% today.
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI): PBYI stock is down 1.6% today.
- Cambrex Corp (CBM): CBM stock is down 1.0% today.
- Icon Plc (ICLR): ICLR stock is down 1.2% today.
- Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA): ARNA stock is down 1.9% 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.
