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DaVita

DaVita, Inc. is one of the largest kidney care companies in the United States, with corporate headquarters in Denver, Colorado.

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Health Care Sector Wrap

The Health Care sector (XLV) held steady during a trading day that saw the S&P 500 grow 0.

2%.While being down today, the ETF, as a proxy for sector performance, tracked closer to the overall market today than over the past month. Entering today's trading, XLV was down 2.7% over the last thirty trading days while the S&P 500 was down 4.8%.Aegerion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AEGR) fell 2.5% to close at $13.56, crossing its 50-day moving average of $13.60. Meanwhile, DaVita (NYSE:DVA) climbed 2% to close at $82.02, moving past its 200-day moving average of $81.66.Ligand Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LGND) rose 10.7% to close at $12.72, approaching its 50-day moving average of $13.31. It has also moved closer to its 200-day moving average of $13.76. Ventrus Biosciences (NASDAQ:SMA) fell 3.7% to close at $10.23, moving closer to its 50-day moving average of $10.19. Also, the stock moved closer to its 200-day moving average of $7.57.Urologix (NASDAQ:ULGX) was a major loser in the sector, falling 13.7...

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