Biotech Stocks Surge Higher, Breaking Out

Biotech Breakout

Biotech stocks just took another step higher, clearing its latest hurdle. The Nasdaq IBB ETF today broke above the $320 level, moving higher by about 1.5 percent. The next resistance level takes the ETF to around the $340 level from here.

Biotech Chart IBB

(Interactive Brokers)

The breakout seems significant and its is spilling over the names within the group.  You can see in the table below there are only 3 stocks that are lower on the day.

Stocks

(Data compiled using Ycharts)

Biotech Surge: IBB Up 9 Percent in Three Days

 

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