Here is some stock news Today:
Piper Jaffray says the Supreme Court's decision is positive for companies exposed to doctors' offices, with Genomic Health (GHDX -0.8%) likely the biggest beneficiary. Other names that should benefit include: Gen-Probe (GPRO +0.1%), Hologic (HOLX -1.6%), Qiagen (QGEN -1.8%), EXACT Sciences (EXAS -2.8%) and Meriad Genetics (MYGN +0.2%).
The Supreme Court opinion on the Healthcare Act means that medical device makers still face a 2.3% tax on domestic sales starting next year unless they can persuade Congress to repeal it. Shares are sliding: MDT -1.2%, BSX -2.7%, STJ -1%, EW 1.1%, SYK -1.9%, ATRC -4.7%, CYBX -1.6%.
Below these are the Top Healthcare Stocks on Ended day June 28, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
OREX Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. 14.21%
HMA Health Management Associates Inc. 9.81%
HCA HCA Holdings, Inc. 8.98%
UHS Universal Health Services Inc. 7.62%
WCG WellCare Health Plans, Inc. 7.32%
CYH Community Health Systems, Inc. 6.63%
LPNT Lifepoint Hospitals Inc. 5.85%
HZNP Horizon Pharma, Inc. 5.57%
MOH Molina Healthcare Inc. 5.25%
THC Tenet Healthcare Corp. 5.22%
AGP AMERIGROUP Corporation 4.17%
MD MEDNAX, Inc. 3.74%
LNCR Lincare Holdings Inc. 3.37%
LH Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings 2.79%
DGX Quest Diagnostics Inc. 1.91%
ESRX Express Scripts Inc. 1.50%
VHS Vanguard Health Systems Inc. 1.46%
CNC Centene Corp. 1.15%
OSIR Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. 1.14%
HLS HEALTHSOUTH Corp. 0.71%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 0.64%
BKD Brookdale Senior Living Inc. 0.60%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc 0.56%
WPI Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.42%
VVUS VIVUS Inc. 0.18%
HSP Hospira Inc. -0.15%
SPPI Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -0.20%
RIGL Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -0.22%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc -0.31%
SLXP Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. -0.34%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson -0.37%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. -0.45%
UNH Unitedhealth Group, Inc. -0.46%
PDLI PDL BioPharma, Inc. -0.46%
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company -0.51%
NVS Novartis AG -0.54%
TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited -0.56%
STJ St. Jude Medical Inc. -0.60%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. -0.62%
HGSI Human Genome Sciences Inc. -0.69%
SNY Sanofi -0.72%
NPSP NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -0.73%
ABT Abbott Laboratories -0.80%
FRX Forest Laboratories Inc. -0.97%
AMLN Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -1.07%
ZMH Zimmer Holdings, Inc. -1.07%
IMGN Immunogen Inc. -1.11%
BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company -1.16%
PFE Pfizer Inc. -1.28%
MDT Medtronic, Inc. -1.29%
COV Covidien plc -1.35%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc -1.43%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. -1.45%
CRIS Curis Inc. -1.49%
HUM Humana Inc. -1.58%
NUVA NuVasive, Inc. -1.62%
BAX Baxter International Inc. -1.71%
AMGN Amgen Inc. -1.73%
ENDP Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. -1.74%
AGN Allergan Inc. -1.76%
SYK Stryker Corp. -1.80%
MYL Mylan, Inc. -1.86%
CFN CareFusion Corporation -1.88%
SHPGY Shire plc -2.03%
BMRN BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. -2.06%
RMD ResMed Inc. -2.16%
HOLX Hologic Inc. -2.34%
HLF Herbalife Ltd. -2.46%
CVH Coventry Health Care Inc. -2.54%
BSX Boston Scientific Corporation -2.57%
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. -2.79%
QCOR Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -2.92%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc -3.00%
VAR Varian Medical Systems Inc. -3.14%
CELG Celgene Corporation -3.15%
BIIB Biogen Idec Inc. -3.16%
AET Aetna Inc. -3.17%
CBST Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. -3.20%
SGEN Seattle Genetics Inc. -3.25%
CI Cigna Corp. -3.31%
ILMN Illumina Inc. -3.38%
EXEL Exelixis, Inc. -3.43%
INCY Incyte Corporation -3.54%
AKRX Akorn, Inc. -3.55%
VPHM ViroPharma Inc. -3.62%
HNT Health Net, Inc. -3.68%
DNDN Dendreon Corp. -3.91%
LIFE Life Technologies Corporation -3.94%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -4.04%
ARIA Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. -4.13%
ISIS Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -4.15%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -4.64%
MAKO MAKO Surgical Corp. -4.84%
WLP WellPoint Inc. -4.98%
ONXX Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -4.99%
VRX Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. -5.35%
PCYC Pharmacyclics Inc. -5.92%
THLD Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc. -6.46%
IDIX Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. -6.55%
AMED Amedisys Inc. -10.24%
ARNA Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -12.73%
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated -16.99%
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