Coeur d'Alene Mines was down US$0.37 at US$4.69 after announcing an effort to buy Wheaton River Minerals Ltd in a US$1.8 billion cash-and-stock deal. Wheaton River lost a penny to US$2.91.
Riggs National Corp jumped US$3.10 to US$21.84 after The Washington Post reported that the commercial banking company had hired an investment bank to seek out potential buyers.
El Paso Corp. fell US$0.52 to US$7.21 after the Houston-based energy company said its financial reports for the fourth quarter 2004 and first quarter have not yet been audited. The company announced that it would revise the results earlier this month after employees overstated oil and gas production levels.
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