Healthcare stocks finished flat today on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%, the Nasdaq declined 0.4% and the S&P 500 was down 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Emergent Biosolutions (EBS): EBS stock is up 2.7% today.
- Icu Medical (ICUI): ICUI stock is up 2.1% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY): BMY stock is up 1.8% today.
- Wellcare Group (WCG): WCG stock is up 1.7% today.
- Tenet Healthcare Corp (THC): THC stock is up 1.5% today.
- Sirona Dental Systems (SIRO): SIRO stock is up 1.5% today.
- Universal Health Services (UHS): UHS stock is up 1.2% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK): OPK stock is up 1.2% today.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX): PCRX stock is up 1.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA): TEVA stock is up 1.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD): IRWD stock is down 1.8% today.
- Msa Safety Inc. (MSA): MSA stock is down 1.8% today.
- Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD): BKD stock is down 1.7% today.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO): HALO stock is down 1.4% today.
- Abiomed (ABMD): ABMD stock is down 1.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- The Spectranetics Corp (SPNC): SPNC stock is down 1.2% today and down 26.6% in the last month.
- Wuxi Pharmatech [Cayman] Inc (WX): WX stock is down 1.0% today.
- Amgen Inc (AMGN): AMGN stock is down 0.8% today.
- Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH): LH stock is down 0.8% today.
- C.R. Bard (BCR): BCR stock is down 0.8% 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.
