During trading Thursday, 227 stocks traded to a 52-week high, while 5 stocks bottomed out at new 52-week lows. The S&P 500 is up 0.15% so far today while the Dow is up 0.26%, the Nasdaq is up 0.06%, and the Russell 2000 is up 0.75%.
Stocks are on the rise Thursday afternoon ahead of tomorrow's jobs report. Initial Claims came in lower than expected at 340,000 unemployment claims, against estimates for 348,000 claims. Meanwhile, niCino (NCNO) is up 18.54% after beating earnings estimates and being selected to accelerate the digital transformation of Wells Fargo's (WFC) commercial banking business.
Sector Highlights
Healthcare stocks dominated our list of highs today with 46 out of the 227 total stocks that reached their high coming from the Healthcare sector. The Healthcare sector is outperforming the market, increasing 0.8% so far on the day. Over the last month the Healthcare sector has outperformed the market, increasing 2.3% while the S&P remained flat at 0%.
Hill-Rom (HRC) is up 4.64% after Baxter (BAX) confirmed plans to acquire Hill-Rom in a transaction valued at $156.00 per share. Meanwhile, Agilent (A) is up 1.24% after the company announced that it has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Visiopharm.
Healthcare: A, ABT, ALGN, AXNX, BHVN, BIO, BRKR, CERE, CLDX, COO, CRL, CRNX, CTLT, DGX, DHR, DOCS, DXCM, EVH, EW, HRC, HZNP, ICLR, INMD, IQV, ISEE, ISRG, JYNT, KZR, LH, MDT, MMSI, OMCL, OPCH, PKI, PPD, RGEN, RMD, SWAV, SYK, SYNH, TECH, TMO, VREX, WAT, WST, ZTS
Industrials had the second largest presence on our 52-week highs, with 40 out of 227 highs coming from the Industrials sector. The Industrials sector is outperforming the market today, increasing 0.71% so far on the day. Over the last month the Industrials sector has outperformed the market, increasing 0.56% while the S&P has remained flat. .
Quanta Services (PWR) is up 11.24% after the company acquired Blattner Holding.
Industrials: ALLE, AMRC, AOS, APG, ASGN, ASPN, BLDR, CAI, CAR, CLH, CMRE, CODI, CTAS, CWST, DAC, EFX, EXPO, GD, GSL, GTLS, INFO, IR, KNX, KRNT, MATX, NDSN, NSP, ODFL, PWR, RSG, SHYF, TREX, TRU, TTEK, VRT, VRTV, WAB, WM, XYL, ZIM
The Lists
The following stocks traded to 52-week highs:
A, AA, ABT, ACI, ACN, ADBE, ALB, ALEX, ALGN, ALLE, AMBA, AMKR, AMR, AMRC, AMT, AON, AOS, APG, APTS, AR, ARCH, ARES, ARLP, ASAN, ASGN, ASO, ASPN, ATCO, AVB, AVLR, AVTR, AWK, AXNX, BHVN, BILL, BIO, BJ, BLDR, BLFY, BRKR, BRO, BRP, BTU, BX, CACC, CAI, CAR, CDAY, CDW
The following stocks traded to 52-week lows:
The following ETFs traded to a 52-week high:
EPOL, EWN, EZU, ICF, IHI, IOO, IWF, IYH, IYR, KCE, OEF, PHO, PIN, RSX, RTH, SPY, UNG, URE, VGK, VNQ, VTI, XLU, XLY
The following ETFs traded to a 52-week low:
