Healthcare stocks fell on Wall Street on Friday morning, down 0.5%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.4%, the Nasdaq declined 0.5% and the S&P 500 fell 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Puma Biotechnology (PBYI): PBYI stock is up 3.0% today.
- Ziopharm Oncology Inc (ZIOP): ZIOP stock is up 2.8% today.
- Incyte Corp (INCY): INCY stock is up 1.7% today.
- Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD): FOLD stock is up 1.3% today.
- Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc (ZLTQ): ZLTQ stock is up 1.1% today.
- Cempra Inc (CEMP): CEMP stock is up 1.3% today.
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (LXRX): LXRX stock is up 0.8% today and up 20.4% in the last month.
- Select Medical Holdings Corp (SEM): SEM stock is up 0.8% today.
- Amerisourcebergen Corp (ABC): ABC stock is up 0.8% today.
- Newlink Genetics Corp (NLNK): NLNK stock is up 0.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Amag Pharmaceuticals (AMAG): AMAG stock is down 9.5%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Mannkind Corp (MNKD): MNKD stock is down 3.3% today.
- Opko Health Inc (OPK): OPK stock is down 2.2% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN): SGEN stock is down 2.1% today.
- Amedisys Inc (AMED): AMED stock is down 1.9% today.
- Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA): ARIA stock is down 1.7% today.
- Luxottica Group S.P.A (LUX): LUX stock is down 1.7% today.
- Theravance (THRX): THRX stock is down 2.6% today and down 23.6% in the last month.
- Shire Plc American Depositary Shares (SHPG): SHPG stock is down 1.6% 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.
