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U.S. health insurer Aetna(AET Quote) climbed 4 1/16, or 6.5%, to 66 3/4 after CNBC reported it is in talks to sell its financial services and international business units to Dutch financial services company ING Groep(ING Quote) for up to $9 billion. Aetna rejected a bid by ING and WellPoint Health Networks (WLP Quote) to buy Aetna for $10 billion in March. ING Groep edged up 3/16 to 60 5/16, while WellPoint dropped 1 13/16 to 72 5/8.

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Dow component Hewlett-Packard (HWP Quote) dropped 4 3/8 to 120 1/8 despite announcing an agreement with Amazon.com (AMZN Quote) to supply the online retailer with 90% of its hardware and related systems. Amazon.com also lost ground, falling 3 7/16, or 6.6%, to 48 5/16.

H-P's fellow tech Dow dweller IBM (IBM Quote) also fell, ending the session down 3 9/16 to 107 3/8.

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