By the Numbers
Kristen Scholer
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Human Genome Sciences is one of the reasons the NYSE Arca Biotech Index is having its best day since December 2010.
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The Morgan Stanley Healthcare Payors Index is having its worst day in eight months on news Ohio will not renew contracts to four current Medicaid providers.
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Health care stocks spent much of 2012 inching higher, and are currently the sixth best performing sector in the S&P 500, up 7 percent.
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Financial companies in the U.S. and abroad pushed major indices to new highs this week, boosting the S&P 500 to the highest level since May 2008.
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Bank of America stock is up 82 percent from the close of $4.987 on Dec. 19, its lowest price since since March 2009.
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In the past three months, the tide in financials has turned. The sector, which posted an 18 percent loss in 2011, has been consistently up each month this year.
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Here are a bundle of stocks that could see a boost on the back of the new iPad.
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The Russell 2000, an index of 2,000 small-capitalization stocks, could be the next index to post a record high.
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Last year, NYSE total volume was lowest in December and May—the latter month being when all three major indices were at their highs. Could this signal a trend—large gains when volume is low?
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Airline stocks rallied Wednesday, after air carriers Delta and US Airways reported better-than-expected quarterly profits.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at another record high on Tuesday for the eleventh time in the last twenty trading sessions.
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The S&P 500 Health Care Sector rose to another record high Tuesday, led by managed care companies such as Humana and UnitedHealth Group.
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After falling more than 40 percent from its all-time high of $705 back in September, Apple is showing signs of a comeback.
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Will the rally continue uninterrupted, or will the Ides of March once again stifle the Dow momentum?
