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Opening Glance: Health care stocks



By AP
03 July 2008 @ 10:44 am EST

NEW YORK - Shares of health insurers fell sharply Thursday morning, but other health care stocks were able to make gains.

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UNH 27.71 -0.35
AET 41.42 0.32
HNT 26.31 -0.16
ABC 40.55 -0.44
CAH 53.89 0.33
CI 39.82 0.15
CVH 33.4 -0.46
DGX 53.16 -0.8
ESRX 71.77 -0.73
HUM 43.36 -0.18
LH 72.99 -0.07
MCK 56.92 -0.44
MHS 47.65 -0.49
PDCO 31.5 -0.27
THC 6.31 -0.09
WCG 40.53 -0.61
WLP 49.02 -1.22

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UnitedHealth Group Inc., which cut its profit forecast Wednesday, reached a 4 1/2-year low Thursday morning, and a Goldman Sachs analyst downgraded Aetna Inc. and Health Net Inc.

Morning results in the sector included:

UnitedHealth lost $1.61, or 6.4 percent, to $23.51.

Aetna dropped $2.85, or 7.2 percent, to $36.94.

Elsewhere, drug distributor AmerisourceBergen Corp. added 27 cents to $39.16.

Medical lab operator Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings rose 7 cents to $67.58.

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