Here are the day’s biggest movers:
Stock gainers:
Blue Apron Holding Inc.’s stock
APRN,
rocketed by 134% after food-delivery start-up Wonder said it would acquire the company for $13 a share or about $103 million, just a fraction of its $2 billion in 2017 when the company went public.
Budweiser, Bud Light, Corona, Goose Island and Stella Artois parent Anheuser-Busch InBev was labeled a buy, an upgrade from neutral, by Bank of America analysts. U.S.-listed shares
BUD,
rose 3.5%.
Shares of Nike
NKE,
rallied 7% as the apparel maker, which is also part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
reported better-than-expected earnings, news that also lifted shares of European rivals including Adidas
ADS,
ADDYY,
Foot Locker
FL,
which sells sports shoed and athletic apparel, saw its stock rise by 3%.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.‘s stock
WBA,
rose 6.2% as a top gainer among the Nasdaq 100
NDX
as stocks reacted with gains to the latest inflation data.
Stock decliners:
Bionomics
BNOX,
whose shares jumped 242% on Thursday after reporting positive results from a mid-stage trial of a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, fell 8% in regular trade.
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