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After strong week, US stock gains slow in morning trading
2015-03-23 19:26:12| Biotech - Topix.net
KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index edged up six points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,114 as of 10:15 a.m. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 63 points, or 0.3 percent, to 18,190 while the Nasdaq composite slipped two points, or 0.1 percent, to 5,024, not far from its all-time high, last seen during the dot-com bubble in 2000. WARNING: Shares in Gilead Sciences fell following news that the pharmaceutical company told physicians that nine patients taking its hepatitis C treatments developed slow heartbeats and that one died.
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Category:Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals