Drug Sector Drags Stocks Down
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US stocks fell on Friday dragged down by a string of negative reports from drug makers, with Pfizer Inc. (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , AstraZeneca Plc.
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The major stock indexes ended 1  percent lower on Thursday after crude oil rose to a record $53  a barrel and drug makers like Pfizer Inc. PFE.N and Merck &  Co. MRK.N sank on worry that the government may intensify  scrutiny of that sector.
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U.S. blue chips were lower on Thursday  after drug company and Dow component Merck & Co.MRK.N said it  was withdrawing a key drug, casting a dark mood over the market  as oil prices remained above $49 a barrel.
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Stocks fell on Friday, led by  pharmaceutical shares after a U.S. health official raised  concerns about drug safety and a drop in chip-equipment makers  following a ratings downgrade by Goldman Sachs.
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The blue-chip Dow Jones average fell  on Thursday after drug maker Merck & Co.MRK.N withdrew its  widely used Vioxx painkiller after evidence showed the drug  could increase risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Stocks dropped on Friday as investors tempered their optimism that the economy could avoid recession, and locked in profits on banking and pharmaceutical shares after two days of sharp gains.
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The Dow Jones industrial average fell on Friday after Pfizer Inc. (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) shares opened nearly 19 percent down on trial data for its popular arthritis drug Celebrex that showed increased risk of heart attack.
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European stocks were slightly lower by  mid-day in holiday-hit trading on Monday, with crude oil rises  weighing on shares, though Sanofi-Aventis gained on the result  of trials of an anti-obesity drug.
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U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as New  York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's probe of the insurance  industry widened to the health sector, hammering shares of  health insurers.
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LONDON: European stock markets retreated yesterday as Wall Street slumped on Merck drug woes, oil prices climbed back toward the $50 mark and a bomb threat forced the landing of a British Airways plane.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Thursday,  pulled down by investor worries over record high oil prices and  a sharp drop in major drug company shares.
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U.S. stocks cut some losses late  Friday afternoon as investors did some bargain hunting for drug  stocks, which were beaten down to relatively cheap prices after  a slew of negative reports earlier in the day.
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U.S. stocks closed lower on Friday,  weighed down by a number of negative reports from top drug  makers, including Pfizer Inc. PFE.N, and a $2 jump in the  price of crude oil.
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Drug makers failed to bounce back from a Thursday slide, with many drug stocks closing down Friday as drug giant Pfizer Inc. and generic drug challenger Alpharma Inc.
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European stock markets fell strongly in early trading, weighed down by Wall Street's poor end to last week, with pharmaceuticals particularly vulnerable.
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Stocks fell on Monday as investors fretted about the U.S. economy's health and fears about a global slowdown mounted.
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Wall Street stock indexes closed out a dismal third quarter mixed Thursday after Merck &amp; Co. stated it would remove its best-selling Vioxx arthritis drug from the market.