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Closing Glance: Health care stocks



By AP
19 June 2008 @ 04:14 pm EST

NEW YORK - Health insurers fell Thursday, but other health care providers and service stocks finished on a high note.

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CVH 11.1 -1.37
WCG 8.8 -0.16
PDCO 18.16 -0.66
ABC 30.49 -0.86
AET 19.76 -2.06
CAH 31.29 -1.23
CI 11.16 -0.95
DGX 43.22 -3.35
ESRX 52.32 -5.19
HUM 28.79 -1.44
LH 59.56 -3.8
MCK 32.03 -2.91
MHS 38.55 -3.45
THC 1.13 -0.08
UNH 20.12 -0.89
WLP 34.34 -1.26

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Managed care providers came under pressure after Coventry Health Care Inc. cut its second-quarter and full-year forecasts due to higher costs.

Results from the sector included:

Coventry, down $8.70, or 21.8 percent, to $31.30. The stock set a five-year low of $30.10.

WellCare Health Plans Inc. sank $7.65, or 16 percent, to $40.28.

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings gained 92 cents to $71.49.

Patterson Cos. added 39 cents to $31.57.

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