Merill Lynch names BRKS it's...Merrill Lynch named equipment maker Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKS) its small cap growth pick Thursday, in its April report on the small cap market.
Brooks makes vacuum robots for semiconductor manufacturers. It recently bought seven companies in order to increase its hardware and software products for the semiconductor, data storage, and flat panel display manufacturing industries.
Based in Massachusetts, the company’s stock has ranged from 16 11/16 in October, to a new 52-week high of 99 3/4 Wednesday. But shares fell 2, or 2.34%, to 83 3/8, on volume of 174,900 Thursday.
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