These stocks are usually going up with news.If you are looking to day trade, you might want to check out the following stocks. I usually throw these on my watch list and monitor with resistance & support levels.These are the Top Healthcare Stocks on Ended May 8, 2012.Also check out my Top 2011 Stock Gainers, Stocks to Buy 2012.You can also check previous stocks to buy reports- Right Here
Here is some stock news Today:
Vertex (VRTX +2.2%) moves up on a host of upgrades this morning following the drug developer's successful Phase II results on its cystic fibrosis drug Kalydeco yesterday. Needham upgrades the shares to Buy, Wells Fargo to Outperform and Morgan Stanley to Equalweight.
Here is some stock news Today:
Vertex (VRTX +2.2%) moves up on a host of upgrades this morning following the drug developer's successful Phase II results on its cystic fibrosis drug Kalydeco yesterday. Needham upgrades the shares to Buy, Wells Fargo to Outperform and Morgan Stanley to Equalweight.
Leerink Swann weighs in on Dendreon's (DNDN -21%) mixed Q1 results yesterday, downgrading the shares to Market Perform on the back of the report. The firm cites less-than-expected growth of Provenge and concerns over growing competition.
Below these are the Top Healthcare Stocks on Ended day May 8, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
GTXI GTX Inc. 17.42%
ARNA Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 13.97%
VRML Vermillion, Inc. 11.81%
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 4.11%
SLXP Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 4.05%
MNKD MannKind Corp. 3.40%
IDIX Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. 3.14%
LNCR Lincare Holdings Inc. 2.81%
EXEL Exelixis, Inc. 2.62%
DVAX Dynavax Technologies Corporation 2.30%
INCY Incyte Corporation 1.07%
HCA HCA Holdings, Inc. 0.84%
PDLI PDL BioPharma, Inc. 0.78%
ONXX Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.61%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 0.55%
COV Covidien plc 0.52%
MOH Molina Healthcare Inc. 0.42%
ARIA Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.25%
AFFY Affymax, Inc. 0.15%
HGSI Human Genome Sciences Inc. 0.03%
UNH Unitedhealth Group, Inc. 0.02%
XRAY DENTSPLY International Inc. -0.03%
TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited -0.07%
HNT Health Net, Inc. -0.07%
BMRN BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. -0.16%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. -0.19%
VPHM ViroPharma Inc. -0.20%
MDT Medtronic, Inc. -0.21%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson -0.23%
ITMN InterMune Inc. -0.25%
SPPI Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -0.28%
MR Mindray Medical International Limited -0.28%
BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company -0.31%
AIS Antares Pharma Inc. -0.32%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC -0.36%
SGEN Seattle Genetics Inc. -0.36%
AMLN Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -0.40%
HOLX Hologic Inc. -0.41%
BAX Baxter International Inc. -0.42%
CELG Celgene Corporation -0.44%
PFE Pfizer Inc. -0.49%
WAT Waters Corp. -0.51%
STE Steris Corp. -0.52%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. -0.54%
VAR Varian Medical Systems Inc. -0.55%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp. -0.56%
NVS Novartis AG -0.63%
CVH Coventry Health Care Inc. -0.66%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc -0.66%
ABT Abbott Laboratories -0.70%
WLP WellPoint Inc. -0.72%
AET Aetna Inc. -0.72%
CI Cigna Corp. -0.77%
DVA DaVita, Inc. -0.78%
BIIB Biogen Idec Inc. -0.80%
SYK Stryker Corp. -0.83%
OREX Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. -0.85%
OPK Opko Health, Inc. -0.89%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc -0.89%
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. -0.96%
FRX Forest Laboratories Inc. -1.05%
STJ St. Jude Medical Inc. -1.08%
HUM Humana Inc. -1.08%
AGN Allergan Inc. -1.14%
CNC Centene Corp. -1.15%
SNY Sanofi -1.18%
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company -1.21%
ENDP Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. -1.24%
UHS Universal Health Services Inc. -1.25%
VRX Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. -1.27%
MRX Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. -1.27%
PLX Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. -1.30%
MDVN Medivation, Inc. -1.33%
HALO Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. -1.40%
MYL Mylan, Inc. -1.47%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc -1.47%
RMD ResMed Inc. -1.49%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. -1.51%
ESRX Express Scripts Inc. -1.52%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -1.59%
CFN CareFusion Corporation -1.62%
BSX Boston Scientific Corporation -1.66%
CYH Community Health Systems, Inc. -1.73%
BKD Brookdale Senior Living Inc. -1.76%
THC Tenet Healthcare Corp. -1.79%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -1.81%
WPI Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -1.83%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc -1.85%
ZMH Zimmer Holdings, Inc. -1.86%
AKRX Akorn, Inc. -1.88%
LIFE Life Technologies Corporation -1.89%
HLF Herbalife Ltd. -1.94%
PKI PerkinElmer Inc. -2.00%
ALKS Alkermes plc -2.18%
CLDX Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. -2.20%
ILMN Illumina Inc. -2.29%
SQNM Sequenom Inc. -2.59%
AVNR Avanir Pharmaceuticals -2.68%
HMA Health Management Associates Inc. -3.08%
NXTM Nxstage Medical, Inc. -3.57%
THLD Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc. -3.83%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc -4.16%
QCOR Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -4.16%
VVUS VIVUS Inc. -5.13%
PRGO Perrigo Co. -5.64%
AMED Amedisys Inc. -8.31%
INSM Insmed Incorporated -10.00%
GNOM Complete Genomics, Inc. -14.87%
SUNH Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. -16.57%
DNDN Dendreon Corp. -21.90%
MAKO MAKO Surgical Corp. -33.38%
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