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Opening Glance: Health care stocks gain ground



By AP
08 July 2008 @ 10:53 am EST

NEW YORK - Shares of health care providers and service companies moved up in Tuesday morning trading as oil prices slipped, and the Federal Reserve considered extending an emergency loan program for investment houses.

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Quotes
CI 22.26 -2.54
PDCO 25.09 0.06
MCK 39.04 -1.67
ABC 29.45 -1.41
AET 27.77 0.77
CAH 38.2 -1.9
CVH 23.3 -1.04
DGX 40.38 -1.62
ESRX 54.57 1.15
HUM 31.37 -0.97
LH 54.34 -1.91
MHS 37.75 0.26
THC 4.18 0.16
UNH 17.35 -0.45
WCG 24.1 -1.67
WLP 35.3 -1.2

SYMBOL LOOKUP

Major indexes including the Nasdaq Composite and Dow Jones industrial average posted modest losses.

Here are early results for a few key health care stocks:

Health insurer Cigna Corp. rose 88 cents, or 2.6 percent, to $35.25.

Researcher IMS Health Inc. gained 38 cents to $23.03.

Dental and veterinary supply company Patterson Cos. picked up 38 cents to $29.40.

Drug distributor McKesson Corp. added 60 cents to $54.84.

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