RegMed Daily, Closing Bell, 11/18/11, the EU contagion is a powerful drag on economy
End of Day, Cause and Effect …
The major indexes lost about 3% for the week, their worst performance in nearly 2 months. There are many factors in play in the EU, some of them are … economic or financial, but most of them are … political, and that adds a … greater degree of … uncertainty for stocks.
Closing Bell: The NASDAQ closed DOWN -15.49 (-0.60%) to 2,587.99. The Dow closed UP +25.43 (+0.22%) to 11,796.16.
Who’s up … at the close and any … whys: BioMimetic (BMTI) +$0.14 <+4.68%> to 3.13; Cytori (CYTX) +$0.29 <+10.98%> to $2.93; Dendreon (DNDN) +$0.23 <+2.84%> to $8.34; Fibrocell (OTC BB: FCSC) +$0.02 <+4.35%> to $0.48; ImmunoCellular (OTC BB: IMUC) +$0.04 <+2.84%> to $1.45; Osiris (OSIR) +$0.09 <+1.92%> to $4.78; Pluristem (PSTI) +$0.02 <+0.76%> to $2.68; StemCells (STEM) +$0.02 <+1.10%> to 1.83 and Tengion (TNGN) +$0.032 <+5.71%> to $0.592.
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