Forbes -
13 Aug 2014 20:37

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Healthcare stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 1.0%. Within that group, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASD: VRTX) and Biogen Idec (NASD: BIIB) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 3.7% and 2.9%, respectively. Among healthcare ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLV), which is up 1.2% on the day, and up 11.09% year-to-date. Vertex Pharmaceuticals, meanwhile, is up 19.22% year-to-date, and Bioge...
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