U.S. stocks traded higher, with the Dow Jones gaining around 250 points on Monday. Here are some big stocks recording gains in today’s session.

  • Hersha Hospitality Trust HT shares gained 56.5% to $9.82 after it announced a merger with KSL Capital Partners LLC, an investor in travel and leisure businesses.
  • Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. HE jumped 41.8% to $13.70 after the company released an in-depth response to the lawsuit recently filed by the County of Maui surrounding the tragic fires on August 8.
  • Thorne HealthTech, Inc. THRN rose 29.3% to $10.10 after the company entered an agreement to be acquired by L Catterton for $10.20 per share in cash.
  • RPT Realty RPT climbed 20% to $11.48. Kimco Realty penned a merger agreement to acquire RPT Realty in an all-stock transaction for around $2 billion, including the assumption of debt and preferred stock.
  • VinFast Auto Ltd. VFS shares gained 17.2% to $80.60 after jumping 40% on Friday.
  • BrightView Holdings, Inc. BV rose 12.2% to $9.15 after the company announced it received a $500 million strategic investment in convertible preferred stock from an affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners.
  • Betterware de México, S.A.P.I. de C.V. BWMX gained 10.4% to $16.50.
  • Dingdong (Cayman) Limited DDL rose 10.2% to $2.1502.
  • Aehr Test Systems AEHR jumped 9.2% to $45.33.
  • Carvana Co. CVNA gained 8.7% to $44.78
  • NWTN Inc. NWTN rose 8.5% to $9.72.
  • Jabil Inc. JBL climbed 7.5% to $111.05 after it reached a preliminary deal for potential $2.2 billion sale of Mobility business To BYD Electronic.
  • Tencent Music Entertainment Group TME gained 7.3% to $6.95.
  • Novavax, Inc. NVAX gained 6.9% to $8.61.
  • Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. AAOI rose 6.2% to $13.80.
  • Boston Scientific Corporation BSX gained 5.2% to $53.40. Boston Scientific released 12-month results from the pivotal ADVENT trial of the FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System, a nonthermal treatment in which electric fields selectively ablate (remove body tissue surgically) heart tissue in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).

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