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Closing Glance: Health care stocks decline



By AP
01 July 2008 @ 04:21 pm EST

NEW YORK - Shares of health care providers and service companies lost ground Tuesday as the markets endured an uneven session.

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Quotes
DGX 40.83 -4.19
UNH 21.67 -1.32
MCK 43 -2.13
PDCO 24.85 -0.84
ABC 30.35 -1.33
AET 30.61 -4.5
CAH 37.93 -2.57
CI 26.5 -4.02
CVH 26.42 -2.13
ESRX 56.32 -5.1
HUM 35.67 -3.09
LH 58 -1.99
MHS 38.01 -3.53
THC 4.04 -0.5
WCG 24.89 -3.09
WLP 39.83 -4.24

SYMBOL LOOKUP

Here are afternoon results from a few key stocks in the sector:

Medical lab operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. shed 76 cents to $47.61.

Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. fell 62 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $25.63, and reached a four-year low of $25.29.

Drug distributor McKesson Corp. dipped $1.06 to $54.85.

Dental and veterinary supplier Patterson Cos. slid 25 cents to $29.14.

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