Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Thursday, shares of Healthcare companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 0.3% loss. Within that group, Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASD: ALXN) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASD: VRTX) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 3.5% and 2.8%, respectively. Among healthcare ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLV), which is down 0.7% on the day, and down 6.55% year-to-...
Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Thursday, shares of Healthcare companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 0.3% loss. Within that group, Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASD: ALXN) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASD: VRTX) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 3.5% and 2.8%, respectively. Among healthcare ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLV), which is down 0.7% on the day, and down 6.55% year-to-...
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