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Closing Glance: Health Care equipment and supplies



By AP
10 July 2008 @ 04:20 pm EST

NEW YORK - Health care equipment and supply stocks were mixed Thursday as investors digested news of a multibillion dollar deal between Dow Chemical Co. and rival Rohm and Haas Co., but remained wary of the financial sector's health.

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DOW 29.15 -0.74
COV 48.89 -3.3
SYK 57.54 -3.33
BAX 64.28 -2.84
VAR 49.69 -4.87

SYMBOL LOOKUP

How shares of some major health care equipment and supply companies fared:

Covidien Ltd. rose $1.44, or 3 percent, to $48.96.

Stryker Corp. gained $1.59, or 2.5 percent, to $65.91.

Baxter International Inc. rose 30 cents to $65.30.

Varian Medical Systems Inc. fell 94 cents to $49.45.

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