Healthcare stocks declined on Wall Street on Tuesday morning, down 0.6%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.8%, the Nasdaq declined 0.3% and the S&P 500 was down 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Icu Medical (ICUI): ICUI stock is up 18.5% today and up 24.6% in the last month.
- Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO): HALO stock is up 13.8% today.
- Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc (MACK): MACK stock is up 10.2% today.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY): ALNY stock is up 3.2% today.
- Sucampo Pharmaceuticals (SCMP): SCMP stock is up 2.3% today and up 30.7% in the last month.
- Bluebird Bio Inc (BLUE): BLUE stock is up 2.0% today.
- Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD): FOLD stock is up 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Abiomed (ABMD): ABMD stock is up 2.0% today and up 48.5% in the last month.
- Repligen Corp (RGEN): RGEN stock is up 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Insulet Corp (PODD): PODD stock is up 1.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is down 20.5% today and down 34.0% in the last month.
- Ptc Therapeutics Inc (PTCT): PTCT stock is down 8.1% today and down 33.2% in the last month.
- Select Medical Holdings Corp (SEM): SEM stock is down 4.2% today.
- Acadia Healthcare Company Inc (ACHC): ACHC stock is down 2.7% today.
- Ziopharm Oncology Inc (ZIOP): ZIOP stock is down 2.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Community Health Systems (CYH): CYH stock is down 2.1% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK): OPK stock is down 2.0% today.
- Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR): NKTR stock is down 2.7% today.
- Bio-Reference Laboratories (BRLI): BRLI 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.
