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Baker Drugs Announced FDA Approval for a New Drug on August

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Baker Drugs announced FDA approval for a new drug on August 3rd. Treynor Co. announced FDA approval for their new drug on August 6. No other information was released around his time period. What is the combined cumulative abnormal return for the 5 day period commencing 2 days prior to the FDA approval announcement date? Use the following data to answer this question.  Date  Market  Return % Baker Drugs  Return % Treynor Co.  Return %8/10.1%0.1%0.08/20.40.10.58/30.30.90.28/60.10.50.88/70.20.40.38/80.10.10.28/90.20.10.1\begin{array} { l l c c } \underline{\text { Date } }& \begin{array} { l } \text { Market } \\\underline{\text { Return }} \%\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Baker Drugs } \\\underline{\text { Return } }\%\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Treynor Co. } \\\underline{\text { Return }} \%\end{array} \\ 8 / 1 & 0.1 \% & 0.1 \% & 0.0 \\8 / 2 & - 0.4 & - 0.1 & - 0.5 \\8 / 3 & 0.3 & 0.9 & 0.2 \\8 / 6 & 0.1 & 0.5 & 0.8 \\8 / 7 & - 0.2 & - 0.4 & 0.3 \\8 / 8 & 0.1 & - 0.1 & 0.2 \\8 / 9 & 0.2 & 0.1 & - 0.1\end{array}


A) 1.6 percent
B) 1.8 percent
C) 2.2 percent
D) 2.4 percent
E) 2.6 percent

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