Shares in Stratagene fell 3.1 percent for the trading week ended Tuesday. The decline followed last week's drop of 23.3 percent, but the reasons for its fall remain unclear. Stratagene's shares finished Tuesday at $7.16 hovering above a 52-week low of $6.42 reached last September. Bruker led gainers for the week with a 6.3-percent rise.
Overall, the BCW Index finished flat with last week. In comparison, the Nasdaq gained .3 percent, the Nasdaq Biotech Index rose 2.9 percent, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished nearly even with last week's close.
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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
(May 30, 2006) |
Last Price
(May 23, 2006) |
% change
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| Agilent |
A
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34.08
|
34.49
|
-1.2
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| Applied Biosystems |
ABI
|
29.12
|
28.50
|
2.2
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| Beckman |
BEC
|
55.15
|
55.09
|
0.1
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| Bio-Rad |
BIO
|
66.83
|
68.43
|
-2.3
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| Bruker |
BRKR
|
5.41
|
5.09
|
6.3
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| Fisher Scientific |
FSH
|
74.40
|
74.18
|
0.3
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| GE |
GE
|
34.05
|
34.01
|
0.1
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| Harvard Bio |
HBIO
|
4.15
|
4.12
|
0.7
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| Invitrogen |
IVGN
|
64.08
|
63.03
|
1.7
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| Molecular Devices |
MDCC
|
27.94
|
28.41
|
-1.7
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| PerkinElmer |
PKI
|
20.24
|
20.54
|
-1.5
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| Qiagen |
QGEN
|
13.91
|
13.45
|
3.4
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| Sigma |
SIAL
|
68.97
|
68.70
|
0.4
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| Stratagene |
STGN
|
7.16
|
7.39
|
-3.1
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| Thermo |
TMO
|
36.57
|
37.13
|
-1.5
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| Waters |
WAT
|
41.78
|
41.51
|
0.7
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| BCW Index Average | Â |
36.49
|
36.50
|
0.0
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