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Opening Glance: Paper and packaging companies fall



By AP
20 May 2008 @ 10:35 am EST

NEW YORK - Shares of paper and packaging companies mostly declined on Tuesday, following Wall Street lower after oil prices set a new record and new inflation fears cropped up.

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Crude jumped above $129 a barrel, while a government report raised concern about inflation. The Labor Department reported wholesale inflation rose by 0.2 percent in April following a 1.1 percent jump in March.

Here's how some paper and packaging companies performed Tuesday:

Weyerhaeuser Co., down 91 cents to $65.97.

AbitibiBowater Inc., down 53 cents, or 4.9 percent, to $10.28.

MeadWestvaco Corp., down 16 cents to $26.08.

International Paper Co., down 53 cents, to $27.76.

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