Among the stock activity stories for Friday, July 18, from the AP Financial News:
NEW YORK (AP)_ Shares of Gilead Sciences Inc. fell sharply Friday as Wall Street viewed the drug developer's latest earnings report as sign that the company could be shifting to a more subdued level of growth as its HIV treatments saturate the market.
NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. fell sharply Friday morning after the chip maker reported a wider second-quarter loss than expected and said its chief executive would step down.
NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of Mattel Inc. rose sharply Friday after the toy maker reported better-than-expected second-quarter results, helped by the benefit of a weaker dollar and a price increase.

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Shares of some top computers companies were down at the close of trading: Apple Inc fell $1.86 or 1.1 percent, to $173.53.


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