Equity Office Properties Trust
$3.42
7.6%
Shares of Equity Office Properties Trust climbed to $48.14. The Chicago-based real estate investment trust said Sunday that it will be bought by Blackstone Group in a deal valued at $36 billion. Other REITs also advanced. Equity Residential added $1.70, or 3.4 percent, to $52.27. General Growth Properties Inc. gained $2.43, or 5 percent, to $50.77.
Monster Worldwide Inc.
-$1.93
4.1%
Monster Worldwide Inc. stock slumped to $44.79. The company could be hurt by Yahoo Inc.’s plan to share advertising and content with more than 150 daily newspapers, according to analysts at UBS AG.
Oregon Steel Mills Inc.
$4.81
8.2%
Shares of Oregon Steel Mills Inc. jumped to $63.77. Evraz Group SA agreed to buy Oregon Steel for $2.3 billion, the biggest-ever purchase in the U.S. by a Russian firm.
Phelps Dodge Corp.
$25.45
26.8%
Phelps Dodge Corp. stock surged to $120.47. The world’s third-biggest copper producer will be taken over by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. for $25.9 billion in the world’s biggest mining takeover.
EHealth Inc.
-$1.62
6.2%
EHealth Inc. stock fell to $24.63. The seller of health insurance over the Internet was rated “sector underperform” in new coverage by analysts at CIBC World Markets.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
$1.81
9.5%
Shares of Marvell Technology Group Ltd. rose to $20.86. The maker of semiconductors used in iPods was recommended by CNBC host Jim Cramer on his “Mad Money” show.
