6 Healthcare Stocks to Watch: AMGN, INHX, PSDV, PFE, CSII, MELA

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After the green close today, these six healthcare stocks closed positive and are looking to continue their upward trends this week.

Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) finished the day off up 5.91% at $58.43 with over 20 million shares traded. Volume was above average on AMGN today, over 3 times its usual daily average. The company announced a $5 billion share-purchase buyback program that caught rating agencies by surprise. Usually when a company buys back shares, they have high confidence in their outlook. AMGN is looking to get back to around where it was trading at in late October at $59. The company has a current market cap of 51.36 billion

Shares of Inhibitex, Inc. (NASDAQ:INHX) closed higher today at $9.72, a gain of 13.82%. INHX stock continues to climb following positive news on its hepatitis C drug INX-189 last week. The stock hit a 52-week high of $10.60 in intraday trading with 18.7 million shares traded. INHX has jumped from $4 to over $10 in just two days. The company has a current market cap of 759.96 million.

pSivida Corp. (NASDAQ:PSDV) closed Monday up 6.28% at $4.40. The company announced quarterly earnings after market close and beat analysts expectations by $0.09. Revenue rose 249% year over year to 1.66 million beating expectations of $0.05 million. PSDV traded 205 thousand shares today, 4 times its average volume of around 50 thousand shares. The company has a current market cap of 91.30 million.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) finished Monday up 2.09% at $20.07. The company is getting very close to its 52-week high of $21.45. PFE was up on extremely high volume today with over 144 million shares traded, 3 times its average volume of 51 million shares. The company has a current market cap of 156.59 billion.

Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSII) closed Monday up 9.43% at $9.86. CSII has moved up over $1 since announcing quarterly results on November 2. The stock traded slightly above average volume today with over 200 thousand shares traded. The company has a current market cap of 174.48 million.

MELA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELA) is up 10.73% at $5.16. MELA traded decent volume today with over 1.7 million shares traded, 600 thousand more than usual. The company is bouncing back a little bit after dipping on Friday. MELA is still up quite a bit from its 52-week low it hid in early August. The company has a current market cap of 130.35 million.

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