IVD Stocks Down 12%; Affymetrix Falls 30% January 2009
The 17 stocks in the G-2 Diagnostic Stock Index fell an average of 12 percent in the five weeks ended December 5, with 15 stocks down in price and two up. The G-2 index is down 40 percent for the year, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq have plummeted 39 percent and 42 percent, respectively.