Shares of Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) ditched 0.4%
to $82.72 after the company late Wednesday after the company posted its fourth-quarter earnings which fell short of Wall Street expectations. For the quarter,
the company earned net income of $788 million, or $1.01 per share, down by 16%
in comparison to last year. Share volume was 1.8 million, compared to an
all-day average of 4.5 million