Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:INO) shares jumped 7.59% to $3.12. The Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:INO) on Feb. 18 announced it has expanded its senior management team with two appointments to help advance the company’s growing pipeline of preclinical and clinical DNA vaccines. Inovio has appointed Dr. Laurent Humeau as Vice President of R&D and Dr. Jan Marie-Albert Van Tornout as Vice President of Clinical Development. Prior to Inovio, Dr. Humeau was Senior Director of Translational Research, Human Therapeutics Division for Intrexon and previously Chief Scientific Officer at VIRxSYS Corporation. Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSEMKT:INO) stock opened at $2.98 in last session, and closed at $3.22, while the day range of INO stock is $2.95-$3.24.The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 17.95%.
Shares of Emeritus Corp. (NYSE: ESC) and Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) were rising nicely Friday as investors cheered the merger of the big assisted-living companies and bet that more deals are ahead. Emeritus Corporation (NYSE:ESC) stock opened at $29.35, in last session and closed at $29.01, by gained 35.18%. The 52 week range was $18.15-$30.95.Company’s market capitalization is $1.40 billion.
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ:MDRX)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating reiterated by investment analysts at Morgan Stanley in a note issued to investors on Friday, American Banking News reports. They currently have a $21.00 price objective on the stock, up from their previous price objective of $20.00. Morgan Stanley’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 15.38% from the company’s current price. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:MDRX) stock gained 6.50% and finished the last session at $18.34. The EPS of the stock remained -0.61.Company’s market capitalization is $3.27 billion.
The BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund (Fund) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally, before fees and expenses, to the price and yield performance of the BNY Mellon Asia 50 ADR Index (Index). The Fund normally holds at least 95% of its total assets in depositary receipts (DR) that comprise the Index. The Index is capitalization-weighted and designed to track the performance of approximately 50 Asian market-based DRs. The Fund and the Index are rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly. BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index (ETF) (NASDAQ:ADRA) stock opened the session at $28.42, and closed the session at $28.34. The 52 week range of the ADRA stock remained $25.30-$30.24 and the day range was $28.32-$28.46.