Health Winners & Losers: StemCells

Biotech and pharmaceutical stocks were climbing on Monday, slightly outperforming the broader market, with the Nasdaq and Amex biotechnology indices up 1.9% and 1.2%, respectively.

Among individual stocks, notable movers were:

StemCells(STEM Quote), up 43% at $2.06

Advanced Medical Optics(EYE Quote), up 22% at $7.51

ZymoGenetics(ZGEN Quote) up 18.4% at $3.79

Biogen Idec (BIIB Quote), up 8.2% at $46.04

Vertex(VRTX Quote), up 4.6% at $27.40

Gilead(GILD Quote), up 3.5% at $47.43

Invitrogen(IVGN Quote), down 3.9% at $27.69

Myriad Genetics(MYGN Quote), down 4.4% at $40.12

Obagi Medical (OMPI Quote), down 4% at $7.98

Merck (MRK Quote), down 3.5% at $29.88

Sanofi-Aventis(SNY Quote), down 1.8% at $31.06