Pharmaceuticals Swallow Losses, ITMN, VICL, HWAY, UHS By Hotstockmarketalerts.com

InterMune, Inc. (ITMN) stock dropped sharply by 8.86%, falling to $24.49 in today's trading. 1 million shares were traded so far in today's session. On average, a total of 990,455 shares are exchanged in ITMN each day. This high volume usually confirms the trend in the movement of the stock price.

Vical Incorporated (VICL) struggled to keep afloat today, and fell by 2.98% to $3.26 per share. The move occured on volume of 212,861 which is relative to the 981,070 shares which trade on average each day.

Healthways, Inc. fell 3.66% in today's trading to $11.06 per share. Stock volume in Healthways, Inc. was 134,594 shares in the trading session.

Universal Health Services (UHS) fell 2.46% in today's trading to $36.45 per share. Shares of Universal Health Services have traded as high as $56.46 per share and as low as $32.89 in the last year.