May 22. 2008 2:00AM - Last modified: March 14. 2012 2:47PM

Local stocks bounce back

By Jim Butman

The BizTimes Stock Index lost 2.82 points to close at 161.26 Wednesday, but local stocks showed some signs of life in early morning trading today, led by Brady Corp. (up $1.75 to $35.85) and Johnson Outdoors Inc. (up $1.60 to $17.00). The largest local decliners this morning were Manpower Inc. (down $1.09 to $64.53) and Johnson Controls Inc. (down 40 cents to $33.91). The BizTimes Stock Index was created by Small Business Times and is monitored by North Shore Bank. The index, which measures the stock values of publicly held companies based in southeastern Wisconsin, is updated daily and can be viewed at www.biztimes.com.


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