Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model. Novo Nordisk A/S ( NVO) pushed the Drugs industry higher today making it today's featured drugs winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.4%. By the end of trading, Novo Nordisk A/S rose $2.35 (1.5%) to $161.02 on light volume. Throughout the day, 242,443 shares of Novo Nordisk A/S exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 441,800 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $160.23-$161.68 after having opened the day at $160.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $158.67. Other companies within the Drugs industry that increased today were: Neuralstem ( CUR), up 19.2%, Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals ( CYCC), up 18.3%, Idera Pharmaceuticals ( IDRA), up 13.5%, and MEI Pharma ( MEIP), up 12.3%.
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