Shares in Bruker BioSciences declined 12 percent for the five-day trading period ended Tuesday. The firm's stock dropped steadily from closing at $5.43 last Wednesday to $4.75 at the close of trading on Tuesday, with trading volume unusually high over the last few days. The only news from the firm was a molecular diagnostics alliance announced on Tuesday (see Briefs).
Applied Biosystems, Molecular Devices, and Stratagene also lost more than 4 percent for the tracking period. Bio-Rad led gainers with a 5.2 percent rise in its stock, as the firm announced it had resumed settlement talks with Applera regarding a patent infringement case (see feature).
Overall, the BCW Index fell 1 percent this past week. The Nasdaq declined 1.9 percent, the Nasdaq Biotech Index dropped 1.7 percent, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average inched down .2 percent for the week.
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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
(Dec. 20, 2005) |
Last Price
(Dec. 13, 2005) |
% change
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| Agilent |
A
|
34.82
|
35.98
|
-3.22
|
| Applied Biosystems |
ABI
|
26.27
|
27.57
|
-4.72
|
| Beckman |
BEC
|
57.04
|
57.22
|
-0.31
|
| Bio-Rad |
BIO
|
63.29
|
60.14
|
5.24
|
| Bruker |
BRKR
|
4.75
|
5.4
|
-12.04
|
| Fisher Scientific |
FSH
|
62.85
|
64.52
|
-2.59
|
| GE |
GE
|
35.54
|
35.47
|
0.20
|
| Harvard Bio |
HBIO
|
4.32
|
4.69
|
-7.89
|
| Invitrogen |
IVGN
|
66.95
|
66.56
|
0.59
|
| Molecular Devices |
MDCC
|
27.05
|
28.21
|
-4.11
|
| PerkinElmer |
PKI
|
23.1
|
23.4
|
-1.28
|
| Qiagen |
QGEN
|
11.68
|
11.67
|
0.09
|
| Sigma |
SIAL
|
63.52
|
65.2
|
-2.58
|
| Stratagene |
STGN
|
10.17
|
10.69
|
-4.86
|
| Thermo |
TMO
|
31.78
|
30.76
|
3.32
|
| Waters |
WAT
|
37.91
|
39.29
|
-3.51
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| BCW Index Average |
35.07
|
35.42
|
-1.01 | |