4 Stocks Pushing The Drugs Industry Lower

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One out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 57 points (-0.4%) at 13,961 as of Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, 11:45 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,624 issues advancing vs. 1,238 declining with 155 unchanged.

The Drugs industry currently is unchanged today versus the S&P 500, which is unchanged. A company within the industry that increased today was Sanofi (SNY), up 0.9%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 4 stocks pushing the industry lower today:

4. Seattle Genetics (SGEN) is one of the companies pushing the Drugs industry lower today. As of noon trading, Seattle Genetics is down $1.20 (-4.1%) to $28.04 on heavy volume Thus far, 982,906 shares of Seattle Genetics exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 754,800 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $28.01-$29.29 after having opened the day at $28.37 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $29.24.

Seattle Genetics, Inc., a biotechnology company, focuses on the development and commercialization of monoclonal antibody-based therapies for cancer. Its product candidate, ADCETRIS, has accelerated approval form the U.S. Seattle Genetics has a market cap of $3.5 billion and is part of the health care sector. Shares are up 27.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate Seattle Genetics a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Seattle Genetics as a sell. The area that we feel has been the company's primary weakness has been its feeble growth in its earnings per share. Get the full Seattle Genetics Ratings Report now.

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