Bright Health is yesterday's top mover after gaining 52.94%
Leading equity indices in the US declined as Nasdaq closed at 12,180, a 0.63% change. S&P 500 shed 0.46% and closed at 4,119.17.
Today's price action is taking place amid mixed market indicators – United States API Weekly Crude Oil Stock came out at 3.62 million, while a consensus of analysts was expecting -1.6 million.
“Top Movers” are assets that recorded the highest percentage change compared to their nearest peers. yesterday's most active healthcare stocks are listed below.
Bright Health | Up 52.94% to 26 cents yesterday
Bright Health Group Inc. has posted further gains as part of a 4 day trend that has already seen the stock gain 2.31 cents. Bright Health stayed on track yesterday: ending Monday at 17 cents, the US health insurance company rallied 52.94% yesterday and stayed at the 26 cents level.
Novavax is up to $9.74 (+2.31%) in pre-market trading after closing yesterday's session at $9.52
Yesterday's session pointed in the same direction — the US biotechnology company rose as high as $11.36 before giving up its gains and dropping back to $9.52 before the close on yesterday. Currently, the US biotechnology company has a market capitalization of $820.37 million with an average daily volume of 6.55 million shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 18.12%.
ICU Medical | Up 13.64% to $209.15 yesterday
Approximately a day ago, the vascular therapy technology developer reached a significant high of $209.15 but has struggled to hold onto its gains and declined 12% since then. The oncology tech manufacturer's market cap currently stands at $5 billion with an average daily trading volume of 177,757 shares.