In trading on Friday, biotechnology shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Palatin Technologies, off about 13.6% and shares of Personalis down about 10.6% on the day.
Also lagging the market Friday are rubber & plastics shares, down on the day by about 2% as a group, led down by Tupperware Brands, trading lower by about 10.2% and Lightwave Logic, trading lower by about 7.5%.
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