Benzinga - by Avi Kapoor, Benzinga Staff Writer.
U.S. stocks traded higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 50 points on Friday.
Shares of Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRTX) rose sharply during Friday’s session following acquisition news.
Bristol Myers Squibb & Co (NYSE: BMY) agreed to acquire Karuna Therapeutics for $330.00 per share in cash, for a total equity value of $14.0 billion, or $12.7 billion net of estimated cash acquired.
Karuna Therapeutics shares jumped 47% to $317.10 on Friday.
Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today’s session.
- Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: RKLB) shares rose 102% to $4.02 after the company announced a new $515 million contract with a U.S. government customer.
- Neumora Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: NMRA) surged 20.2% to $16.81.
- Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN) gained 20% to $3.10.
- Wheels Up Experience Inc. (NYSE: UP) rose 19.3% to $3.2801.
- PureTech Health plc (NASDAQ: PRTC) jumped 18% to $21.99. PureTech Health announced that its Founded Entity, Karuna Therapeutics, Inc Bristol Myers Squibb entered into a definitive merger agreement.
- Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR) gained 16.6% to $9.85.
- MoneyLion Inc. (NYSE: ML) surged 14.6% to $64.42.
- Tourmaline Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRML) rose 14.3% to $23.01.
- ALX Oncology Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXO) jumped 13.6% to $14.81.
- Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALLO) gained 13.5% to $3.1333.
- ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE: ZIM) surged 11.5% to $11.71.
- Jin Medical International Ltd. (NASDAQ: ZJYL) gained 11.5% to $78.62.
- ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS) gained 10.2% to $334.05.
- Compass, Inc. (NYSE: COMP) gained 8.7% to $3.50.
- Altair Engineering Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTR) surged 8.3% to $80.95 after JP Morgan initiated coverage on the stock with an Overweight rating and $86 price target.
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: APLS) rose 8.3% to $58.93.
- Opendoor Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: OPEN) surged 8.3% to $4.5500.
- Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA) rose 6.6% to $26.44 on continued upward momentum. The stock has gained more than 40% over the past five days. Marathon Digital announced a purchase agreement with Generate Capital, PBC to acquire two Bitcoin mining sites for $178.6 million on Tuesday.
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