The BCW Index climbed 1.59 percent for the trading week ended Tuesday. Only five of the components of the Index declined for the week, and none of them dropped more than 1.6 percent. Stratagene led gainers for the tracking period, closing up 6.7 percent.
In comparison, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained .9 percent, while both the Nasdaq and Nasdaq Biotech Index rose 2.6 percent.
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BioCommerce Week Index of Diversified Molecular Biology Tool Companies
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| Company |
Ticker
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Current Price
(Oct. 25, 2005) |
Last Price
(Oct. 18, 2005) |
% change
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| Agilent |
A
|
31.18
|
30.65
|
1.73
|
| Applied Biosystems |
ABI
|
23.35
|
22.73
|
2.73
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| Beckman |
BEC
|
50.47
|
49.14
|
2.71
|
| Bio-Rad |
BIO
|
55.57
|
54
|
2.91
|
| Bruker |
BRKR
|
4.44
|
4.47
|
-0.67
|
| Fisher Scientific |
FSH
|
58.16
|
59.08
|
-1.56
|
| GE |
GE
|
33.91
|
34
|
-0.26
|
| Harvard Bio |
HBIO
|
3.12
|
3.04
|
2.63
|
| Invitrogen |
IVGN
|
74.18
|
71.98
|
3.06
|
| Molecular Devices |
MDCC
|
19.84
|
19.63
|
1.07
|
| PerkinElmer |
PKI
|
20.82
|
20.94
|
-0.57
|
| Qiagen |
QGEN
|
11.86
|
12.04
|
-1.50
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| Sigma |
SIAL
|
63.53
|
61.31
|
3.62
|
| Stratagene |
STGN
|
9.87
|
9.25
|
6.70
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| Thermo |
TMO
|
30.7
|
30.25
|
1.49
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| Waters |
WAT
|
35.75
|
36
|
-0.69
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| BCW Index Average |
32.92
|
32.41
|
1.59
|
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