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[$$] CH Energy Slips; Abaxis Shares Soar (at The Wall Street Journal) CH Energy Slips; Abaxis Shares Soar U.S. small-capitalization stocks traded in a tight range and both benchmark indexes closed out July with gains of more than 6% and posted their first monthly gain since April.
[$$] Merck Throws Dow for a Loss (at The Wall Street Journal) Merck Throws Dow for a Loss In the final session of the market s best month in a year, blue-chip stocks fell slightly as data showed U.S. economic growth slowed in the second quarter while Merck s sales disappointed.
S&P 500 and Dow Have Best Monthly Gains in a Year (at CNBC) US stocks posted their best monthly performance of the year, led by the Dow Jones Industrial Average with a gain of 7.1%. Within the S&P 500 sectors, industrial and material companies rose the most in July.