Healthcare stocks saw an overall increase of 0.2 percent on Monday, April 6, according to an Investor Place report.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks on April 6 include:
• Charles River Laboratories — up 1.1 percent.
• Mednax — up 1 percent.
• Baxter International — up 0.9 percent.
• Kindred Healthcare — up 0.7 percent.
• Glaxosmithkline — up 0.6 percent.
• Medtronic — up 0.6 percent.
• Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings — up 0.5 percent.
• Novartis — up 0.5 percent.
• Quest Diagnostics — up 0.4 percent.
• Mckesson — up 0.4 percent.