Bruker BioSciences’ stock reached a new 52-week high of $12.24 this week after the firm announced that it would acquire affiliated company Bruker BioSpin for $914 million (see related article, this issue). Bruker’s shares rose 38.2 percent for the five-day trading week ended Tuesday to lead all gainers in the BCW Index.
Third Wave Technologies led the eight stocks that declined for the week, falling 2.75 percent.
Overall, the Index gained 1.2 percent for the tracking period. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.2 percent for the same period, while the Nasdaq climbed 1.5 percent, and the Nasdaq Biotech Index rose 2.5 percent.
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BioCommerce Week Index of Diversified
Molecular Biology Tool Companies |
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| Company |
Ticker
|
Current Price
(December 4, 2007) |
Last
Price (November 27, 2007) |
% change
|
| Affymetrix |
AFFX
|
20.63 | 20.39 | 1.18 |
| Agilent |
A
|
37.48 | 36.83 | 1.76 |
| Applied Biosystems |
ABI
|
34.07 | 33.82 | 0.74 |
| Beckman |
BEC
|
69.58 | 69.35 | 0.33 |
| Becton Dickinson |
BDX
|
80.38 | 81.80 | -1.74 |
| Bio-Rad |
BIO
|
97.55 | 99.95 | -2.40 |
| Bruker |
BRKR
|
12.15 | 8.79 | 38.23 |
| Caliper |
CALP
|
5.63 | 5.31 | 6.03 |
| Cepheid |
CPHD
|
21.63 | 21.98 | -1.59 |
| Illumina |
ILMN
|
56.66 | 52.18 | 8.59 |
| Invitrogen |
IVGN
|
96.37 | 94.65 | 1.82 |
| Luminex |
LMNX
|
15.56 | 15.27 | 1.90 |
| MDS |
MDZ
|
19.99 | 20.04 | -0.25 |
| Millipore |
MIL
|
80.06 | 80.88 | -1.01 |
| PerkinElmer |
PKI
|
26.43 | 26.87 | -1.64 |
| Qiagen |
QGEN
|
21.68 | 20.50 | 5.76 |
| Sequenom |
SQNM
|
8.68 | 8.86 | -2.03 |
| Sigma-Aldrich |
SIAL
|
52.75 | 51.57 | 2.29 |
| Thermo |
TMO
|
57.27 | 57.26 | 0.02 |
| Third Wave |
TWTI
|
7.78 | 8.00 | -2.75 |
| Waters |
WAT
|
79.97 | 77.54 | 3.13 |
| BCW Index Average | 42.97 | 42.47 |
1.17
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