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Closing Glance: Pharmaceuticals

NEW YORK --Shares of pharmaceutical companies closed mixed Thursday as the broader market rose following a Labor Department report that jobless claims fell last week and as oil prices fell

How some key drug makers performed Thursday:

Schering-Plough Corp., down 3 cents to $19.25.

Merck & Co., up 74 cents to $35.60.

Pfizer Inc., flat at $17.77.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., up 14 cents to $19.92. 

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