Final Glance: Pharmaceuticals companies

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Shares of some top pharmaceuticals companies were mixed at the close of trading:

Baxter rose $.41 or .8 percent, to $53.15.

Bristol-Myers Squibb fell $.47 or 2.3 percent, to $19.77.

Hospira fell $.96 or 2.5 percent, to $37.10.

Johnson & Johnson fell $1.09 or 1.9 percent, to $55.98.

King Pharmaceuticals fell $.28 or 2.9 percent, to $9.54.

Eli Lilly fell $1.06 or 3.0 percent, to $33.90.

Merck fell $1.04 or 3.7 percent, to $27.01.

Pfizer fell $.42 or 2.8 percent, to $14.48.

Schering Plough fell $.60 or 2.4 percent, to $24.62.

Wyeth fell $.56 or 1.2 percent, to $44.81.

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