Pharmaceuticals Companies Performance Friday Dec-19 2008

Shares of some top pharmaceuticals companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Baxter rose $.72 or 1.4 percent, to $53.80.
Bristol-Myers Squibb fell $.05 or .2 percent, to $22.81.
Hospira fell $.66 or 2.5 percent, to $26.05.
Johnson & Johnson fell $.15 or .3 percent, to $58.84.
King Pharmaceuticals fell $.01 or .1 percent, to $10.21.
Eli Lilly rose $1.39 or 3.8 percent, to $38.26.
Merck rose $.82 or 3.0 percent, to $28.56.
Pfizer rose $.18 or 1.1 percent, to $17.30.
Schering Plough rose $.30 or 1.8 percent, to $17.00.
Wyeth fell $.13 or .3 percent, to $37.17.