MarketWatch.com Dow Lags Nasdaq

Stocks mixed, with Dow lagging
Merck falls on Vioxx mistrial; Viacom buys DreamWorks

By Mark Cotton, MarketWatch
Last Update: 5:10 PM ET Dec. 12, 2005 [ Page 1 | 2 ]
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks were mixed Monday as a legal setback for Merck and a looming Federal Reserve meeting drew some attention away from a flurry of corporate deals.



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"It's a little sag, not serious. We've had a pretty good two months. Investors are nervous and want to take some [profit] off the table," said Alfred Kugel, senior investment strategist at Atlantic Trust-Stein Roe, in Chicago.

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