A pedestrian walks previous Biogen Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday, June 7, 2021.
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Check out the businesses making headlines in noon buying and selling.
Biogen — Shares of Biogen slid more than 7% after Samsung denied a report in South Korean media that it was in talks to purchase Biogen. The biotechnology inventory had surged 9.5% on Wednesday on the report.
DiDi Global — The inventory jumped 5.6% regardless of the corporate reporting a 1.7% decline in third-quarter income and a lack of $4.7 billion. Investors purchased the dip within the Chinese ride-hailing firm, which slid 8.2% Wednesday. It has additionally seen declines in 12 of the final 15 buying and selling days.
RR Donnelley & Sons — The business printing inventory rose practically 5% after the corporate obtained a non-binding acquisition proposal at $11 per share in money. The unsolicited provide comes two weeks after R.R. Donnelley agreed to be purchased by associates of Chatham Asset Management, its largest shareholder, for $10.85 per share.
Virgin Galactic — Shares of the area journey firm rose 6% as Virgin Orbit, its satellite-launching spin-off, geared as much as start buying and selling Thursday on the Nasdaq, following an authorized merger earlier this week with the blank-check firm NextGen Acquisition Corp.
Micron Technology — The semiconductor inventory dipped 1.3% after the corporate warned of manufacturing delays on account of new Covid shutdowns in Xi’an, China. Micron mentioned in a weblog put up that further restrictions by the native authorities “may be increasingly difficult to mitigate.”
Kanzhun — The platform for job seekers noticed its shares soar 13% after Jefferies initiated protection of the inventory with a purchase score and a $44 worth goal, implying upside of about 38% from its closing worth Wednesday.
ViacomCBS — Shares of the media large rose 3.6% and had been among the many high gainers within the S&P 500 on Thursday. The rise adopted a Financial Times report Wednesday that U.S. video streamers are set to spend $115 billion on content material in 2022. Discovery shares gained 3%, whereas Netflix and Fox rose about 1%. Apple and Disney had been barely greater as effectively.
— CNBC’s Hannah Miao and Jesse Pound contributed reporting
