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.