Health stocks turned higher on Thursday, with the Nasdaq and Amex biotechnology indices tacking on 3.3% and 3.1%, respectively.
Among individual stocks, notable movers were: Amag Pharmaceuticals(AMAG Quote), up 88% at $34.61 Optimer(OPTR Quote), up 17% at $7 Alpharma(ALO Quote), up 6.2% at $30.64 Savient Pharmaceuticals(SVNT Quote), up 12.9% at $4.65 Schering-Plough(SGP Quote), up 8.4% at $15.85 Wyeth(WYE Quote), up 6.2% at $34.46 Elbit Imaging(EMITF Quote), down 16.1% at $8.43 Poniard Pharmaceuticals(PARD Quote), down 10.8% at $3.47 Affymetrix(AFFX Quote), down 9% at $3.14 King (KG Quote), down 5.5% at $9.47



