Here is some stock news Today:
WellPoint (WLP) announces that it will buy Amerigroup (AGP) for $92 a share in a cash deal with a value of close to $4.9B. The price reps a 43% premium over the closing price for Amerigroup on Friday. The acquisition is slated to close in Q1 of 2013
Below these are the Top Healthcare Stocks on Ended day July 9, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance
AGP AMERIGROUP Corporation 38.09%
CNC Centene Corp. 20.36%
MOH Molina Healthcare Inc. 19.12%
WCG WellCare Health Plans, Inc. 17.51%
QCOR Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 13.80%
OSIR Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. 8.10%
AMPE Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 6.02%
OREX Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. 5.71%
AKRX Akorn, Inc. 5.46%
SNTS Santarus, Inc. 5.06%
ISIS Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 4.99%
HNT Health Net, Inc. 4.88%
SNTA Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. 4.06%
BMRN BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. 3.78%
WLP WellPoint Inc. 3.42%
OSUR OraSure Technologies Inc. 3.18%
MDCO Medicines Co. 2.81%
MAKO MAKO Surgical Corp. 2.76%
ARNA Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2.52%
CVH Coventry Health Care Inc. 2.23%
CLDX Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. 2.05%
INCY Incyte Corporation 1.82%
ZMH Zimmer Holdings, Inc. 1.64%
CYH Community Health Systems, Inc. 1.64%
MRK Merck & Co. Inc. 1.54%
OMPI Obagi Medical Products, Inc. 1.40%
MYL Mylan, Inc. 1.30%
AET Aetna Inc. 1.20%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp. 1.15%
DGX Quest Diagnostics Inc. 1.12%
AUXL Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1.08%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. 1.08%
FRX Forest Laboratories Inc. 1.07%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.97%
HGSI Human Genome Sciences Inc. 0.95%
QLTI QLT Inc. 0.92%
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 0.90%
ILMN Illumina Inc. 0.87%
CI Cigna Corp. 0.85%
SNY Sanofi 0.84%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 0.83%
COV Covidien plc 0.75%
MDT Medtronic, Inc. 0.71%
BAX Baxter International Inc. 0.71%
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. 0.67%
AMRN Amarin Corporation plc 0.66%
GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc 0.63%
ESRX Express Scripts Inc. 0.61%
SPPI Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.59%
THC Tenet Healthcare Corp. 0.59%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 0.53%
HMA Health Management Associates Inc. 0.52%
VRX Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. 0.50%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 0.49%
NVS Novartis AG 0.45%
PDLI PDL BioPharma, Inc. 0.44%
UNH Unitedhealth Group, Inc. 0.43%
NPSP NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.39%
BIIB Biogen Idec Inc. 0.36%
PFE Pfizer Inc. 0.33%
VPHM ViroPharma Inc. 0.31%
LIFE Life Technologies Corporation 0.31%
HSP Hospira Inc. 0.29%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 0.27%
SYK Stryker Corp. 0.19%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.18%
WCRX Warner Chilcott plc 0.16%
WPI Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.16%
CFN CareFusion Corporation 0.16%
UHS Universal Health Services Inc. 0.14%
ARIA Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.11%
CELG Celgene Corporation 0.09%
SLXP Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 0.06%
AMLN Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -0.06%
VVUS VIVUS Inc. -0.07%
ELN Elan Corporation, plc -0.14%
EXEL Exelixis, Inc. -0.21%
LNCR Lincare Holdings Inc. -0.25%
HUM Humana Inc. -0.28%
TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited -0.28%
ENDP Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. -0.30%
THLD Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc. -0.37%
PCYC Pharmacyclics Inc. -0.41%
XRAY DENTSPLY International Inc. -0.49%
STJ St. Jude Medical Inc. -0.50%
ALXN Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -0.62%
BKD Brookdale Senior Living Inc. -0.70%
BSX Boston Scientific Corporation -0.71%
HOLX Hologic Inc. -0.77%
MRX Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. -0.81%
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated -0.90%
HLF Herbalife Ltd. -0.90%
ONXX Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -0.97%
ALKS Alkermes plc -1.13%
HCA HCA Holdings, Inc. -1.32%
WAT Waters Corp. -1.75%
PKI PerkinElmer Inc. -1.77%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -1.83%
AGN Allergan Inc. -1.92%
HZNP Horizon Pharma, Inc. -2.52%
DNDN Dendreon Corp. -2.86%
VAR Varian Medical Systems Inc. -3.24%
AFFY Affymax, Inc. -3.71%
LMNX Luminex Corporation -16.84%
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