Among the sector activity stories for Friday, June 27, from AP Financial News:
| MU | 4.06 |
NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of petroleum refiners hit new 52-week lows Friday as the price of crude oil jumped past $142 a barrel to a record high.
NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of major airlines fell in Friday trading as crude oil contracts briefly touched a record high above $142 a barrel.
NEW YORK (AP)--Microchip stocks again headed lower Friday following Thursday's plunge, with Micron Technology Inc. falling after it posted a slightly larger loss for its fiscal third quarter, hurt by pricing pressures for certain flash memory products.
NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of corn-based ethanol producers tumbled Friday as the sector reeled from soaring corn costs and an expected wave of new ethanol capacity that is contributing to ethanol price volatility.

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