Life Sciences Research From Jefferies

Jefferies & Co. has published a research report for Life Sciences, reporting:

"Median short interest for listed and OTC Life Science Research Supply stocks rose 1% from the second half of August, while aggregate short interest levels were essentially unchanged (vs. a 1% increase for Nasdaq and flat for the NYSE). Short interest levels increased for 10 of the 18 constituents in our life science research supplies index. Those experiencing the most dramatic increases were WAT (+19%), PKI (+16%), MTD (+13%) and TMO (+13%). The largest declines were for AFFX (-13%), BDX (-6%) and TECH (-5%)."

Featured stocks include:

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT)

PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI)

Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE: MTD)

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO)

Affymetrix Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX)

Becton, Dickinson and Co. (NYSE: BDX)

Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH)

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