Stock Commentary - New York week to April 27, 2009

29 April 2009

NEW YORK: equities moved up and down during the reporting period to April 27, regaining, and holding the 8,000 level, with the Dow Jones up  2.3% over the week, encouraged by some good first-quarter results.  Pharmaceutical and biotechnology issues were mixed, with 19 of those  tracked rising and 17 falling. The last reporting day caused a flurry of  activity among companies making influenza vaccines, due to the news of  the swine flu outbreak starting in Mexico (see page 3).

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