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During trading today, the S&P 500 dropped 0.7%, and the Health Care sector (XLV) showed little change. As a proxy for the sector, the ETF tracked closer to the overall market today than over the past month.

REALTICK LIST OF MOST UNUSUALLY TRADED STOCKS DATE: 07/31/2012 COUNTRY: US EXCHANGE: NASDAQ TIME PERIOD: 9:30 - 3:20 LAST CHANGE %CHANGE RANK COMPANY NAME TICKER PRICE ON DAY ON DAY 1 LPL FINL HLDGS ...

The grades of eight Health Care Provider stocks are on the rise this week on Portfolio Grader. Each of these stocks is rated an �A� (�strong buy�) or �B� overall (�buy�).

Magellan Health Services Inc logo Equities researchers at Deutsche Bank upped their target price on shares of Magellan Health Services (NASDAQ: MGLN) from $58.00 to $64.00 in a report issued on Monday.

Deutsche Bank reiterated a Buy rating on Magellan Health (NASDAQ: MGLN) and raised its price target from $58 to $64. Deutsche Bank commented, �While we have remained bullish on MGLN shares in recent quarters, the pressure that the company was ...

HMS Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:HMSY) on Friday reported that its net income for the Q2 finished 30th June 2012 boosted 4% to $13.0 million or $0.15 a diluted share from $12.4 million or $0.14 a share in the similar period a year ago.

The following table lists the 59 U.S. companies that reported quarterly earnings today (end date of the quarter is noted in the last column).

For a few years, most publicly traded U.S. health insurers seemed to follow a common pattern: They increased their net income quarter after quarter.

The following table lists the 59 U.S. companies that reported quarterly earnings today (end date of the quarter is noted in the last column).