Top Health Care Stocks
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Health care stocks were narrowly higher Monday, including a slightly more than 0.2% gain for the NYSE Health Care Index in recent trading. Also, shares of health care companies in the S&P 500 were up just over 2% as a group while the Nasdaq Biotechnology index was climbing just 0.1%.
Among health care stocks moving on news:
+ Neovasc ( NVCN ) soared 17% after the company said Monday results from a study undertaken to assess the safety and effectiveness of the Neovasc Reducer showed that the treatment was "very safe and significantly reduced the severity of angina."
In other sector news:
- TrovaGene ( TROV ) was trading higher Monday despite the biotech company reporting a wider-than-expected Q2 loss, posting an adjusted net loss of $0.44 per share, improving on last year's $3.12 net loss but still missing the Street view expecting a $0.33 per share net loss. Revenue grew year-over-year to $112,000 from $102,000, matching the Street view.
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