ABBOTT, LILLY ARE TOP PHARMACEUTICAL GAINERS IN ROLLER COASTER WEEK
Executive Summary
Point-plus gains by Abbott (up 2-5/8 to 49-1/2) and Lilly (up 3-3/4 to 80-7/8) paced the Pharmaceutical Component on the "F-D-C" Index for the week ended June 13. After a major correction early in the week, the Dow Jones average jumped over 30 points on Friday the 13th, overcoming Wall Street's bearish hobgoblins and advancing the Composite fractionally to yet another 1986 high. Chart omitted.
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