Shares in Bio-Rad Laboratories hit a 52-week high this week, closing Monday at $80.42, up 2.4 percent for the trading period ended Monday — a day earlier than normal due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the US this week. Stratagene led all gainers in the BCW Index with a 7.5 percent jump for the week. Qiagen led decliners for the week with a drop of 4.9 percent.
Overall, the Index gained 0.7 percent for the week, lagging the Nasdaq Biotech Index, which gained 1.5 percent; the broader Nasdaq market, which rose 0.9 percent; and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which climbed 0.8 percent.
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BioCommerce Week Index of Diversified
Molecular Biology Tool Companies |
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| Company |
Ticker
|
Current Price
(November 20, 2006) |
Last
Price (November 14, 2006) |
% change
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| Agilent | A |
33.74
|
33.00
|
2.2
|
| Applied Biosystems | ABI |
36.81
|
37.57
|
-2.0
|
| Beckman | BEC |
59.92
|
59.75
|
0.3
|
| Bio-Rad | BIO |
80.42
|
78.52
|
2.4
|
| Bruker | BRKR |
7.91
|
8.00
|
-1.1
|
| GE | GE |
35.98
|
35.59
|
1.1
|
| Invitrogen | IVGN |
57.24
|
57.09
|
0.3
|
| Millipore | MIL |
68.64
|
66.41
|
3.4
|
| Molecular Devices | MDCC |
21.39
|
20.73
|
3.2
|
| PerkinElmer | PKI |
21.51
|
21.64
|
-0.6
|
| Qiagen | QGEN |
14.83
|
15.60
|
-4.9
|
| Sigma | SIAL |
76.97
|
77.42
|
-0.6
|
| Stratagene | STGN |
7.21
|
6.71
|
7.5
|
| Thermo | TMO |
43.84
|
43.71
|
0.3
|
| Waters | WAT |
50.74
|
51.04
|
-0.6
|
| BCW Index Average |
41.14
|
40.85
|
0.7
|
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