Closing Glance: Shares of household durables mostly fall

By Associated Press May 9, 2008 Comments (0)

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Household durables stocks mostly fell Friday as the price of oil set a new record near $126 a barrel and American International Group, the world's largest insurer, said it lost $7.81 billion in the first quarter.

Here's how some stocks of household durables companies traded:

Black & Decker Corp., down 83 cents to $66.82.

Whirlpool Corp., up 60 cents to $72.43.

Snap-on Inc., down $1.25, or 2.1 percent, to $58.46.

Stanley Works, down 17 cents to $48.64.

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