Shares in Millipore and Molecular Devices were the two leading decliners in the BCW Index for the week ended Tuesday, falling 7.4 percent and 5.4 percent, respectively. Millipore’s shares fell after the firm’s investor analyst day, during which it acknowledged some difficulties with its Upstate unit. Agilent led gainers for the week with a 4.7-percent rise.
Overall, the Index dropped .2 percent for the tracking period. In comparison, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.1 percent, the Nasdaq gained 1.8 percent, and the Nasdaq Biotech Index was flat with the previous week.
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BioCommerce Week Index of Diversified
Molecular Biology Tool Companies |
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| Company |
Ticker
|
Current Price
(September 26, 2006) |
Last
Price (September 19, 2006) |
% change
|
| Agilent |
A
|
32.94
|
31.45
|
4.7
|
| Applied Biosystems |
ABI
|
32.34
|
33.11
|
-2.3
|
| Beckman |
BEC
|
57.58
|
56.77
|
1.4
|
| Bio-Rad |
BIO
|
71.49
|
70.24
|
1.8
|
| Bruker |
BRKR
|
6.69
|
6.80
|
-1.6
|
| Fisher Scientific |
FSH
|
79.21
|
79.46
|
-0.3
|
| GE |
GE
|
35.44
|
34.85
|
1.7
|
| Invitrogen |
IVGN
|
63.45
|
64.42
|
-1.5
|
| Millipore |
MIL
|
60.41
|
65.21
|
-7.4
|
| Molecular Devices |
MDCC
|
21.84
|
23.08
|
-5.4
|
| PerkinElmer |
PKI
|
18.97
|
18.45
|
2.8
|
| Qiagen |
QGEN
|
15.41
|
14.76
|
4.4
|
| Sigma |
SIAL
|
75.25
|
73.43
|
2.5
|
| Stratagene |
STGN
|
6.28
|
6.40
|
-1.9
|
| Thermo |
TMO
|
39.72
|
40.00
|
-0.7
|
| Waters |
WAT
|
44.26
|
44.02
|
0.5
|
| BCW Index Average |
41.33
|
41.40
|
-0.2
|
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