U.S. stocks were mixed, with the Nasdaq Composite trading almost flat on Monday.

Shares of CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. CBAY rose sharply in today’s pre-market trading.

Gilead Sciences agreed to acquire CymaBay Therapeutics for $32.50 per share in cash or a total equity value of $4.3 billion.

CymaBay Therapeutics shares jumped 24.5% to $31.99 on Monday.

Here are some other big stocks recording gains in today’s session.

  • ContextLogic Inc. WISH climbed 40.2% to $6.31 after the company announced an agreement to sell substantially all of its operating assets and liabilities to Qoo10 for approximately $173 million in cash.
  • Iris Energy Limited IREN gained 18% to $7.01.
  • Viavi Solutions Inc. VIAV rose 14.1% to $10.16. Stifel analyst Ruben Roy upgraded Viavi Solutions from Hold to Buy and raised the price target from $10 to $13.
  • The E.W. Scripps Company SSP surged 14% to $6.69.
  • IGM Biosciences, Inc. IGMS gained 13.7% to $16.50. RBC Capital recently upgraded the stock from Sector Perform to Outperform and raised its price target from $9 to $21.
  • Canaan Inc. CAN rose 13.2% to $1.8100.
  • Cipher Mining Inc. CIFR rose 13.2% to $3.7942.
  • V.F. Corporation VFC climbed 10.8% to $16.95. Reuters reported Engaged Capital gained support of VF Corp heirs in push for changes.
  • CG Oncology, Inc. CGON gained 10.6% to $46.00.
  • Riot Platforms, Inc. RIOT rose 9.8% to $15.98.
  • B. Riley Financial, Inc. RILY gained 9.6% to $20.33.
  • Bitdeer Technologies Group BTDR gained 9.2% to $8.62.
  • Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. MARA climbed 9% to $26.02.
  • Diamondback Energy, Inc. FANG climbed 9% to $165.37 after company announced it entered into definitive merger agreement with Endeavor Energy Resources valued at $26 million. Also, the company increased its base dividend.
  • Rocket Lab USA, Inc. RKLB rose 8.8% to $4.7250. Citigroup analyst Jason Gursky reinstated Rocket Lab USA with a Buy and announced a $6 price target.
  • Arm Holdings plc ARM rose 7.8% to $124.19.
  • Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. ALLO gained 7.7% to $4.72.
  • O-I Glass, Inc. OI gained 7.4% to $16.67. The company recently reported better-than-expected Q4 financial results and issued guidance.
  • Snap Inc. SNAP rose 7% to $11.88 after the company announced that it entered into various privately negotiated repurchase transactions.
  • Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited TEVA gained 6.6% to $12.81 after Piper Sandler upgraded the stock from Neutral to Overweight and raised its price target from $12 to $19.

 

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