$3.87
37.1%
Lesco Inc. stock surged to $14.30, a day after Moline-based Deere & Co. agreed to buy the Cleveland-based maker of golf course and turf care products for $14.50 a share.
$5.09
9.8%
Ansys Inc. stock jumped to $56.85. The software developer said first-quarter profit excluding some items could be as much as 50 cents a share. On that basis, analysts are expecting 46 cents a share.
-$2.45
12%
Shares of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. tumbled to $18. The biotech company said that in an eight-week test involving 116 patients, its new drug for poorly controlled high blood pressure didn’t show a statistically significant difference from a placebo.
$3.10
6.7%
Shares of Boyd Gaming Corp. rose to $49.08. The casino owner said fourth-quarter profit excluding some items was 45 cents a share, 6 cents a share higher than Wall Street estimates.
$3.64
6.8%
Shares of Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. climbed to $57.01. The maker of plant food and Turf Builder fertilizer said it will pay a one-time cash dividend of $8 a share to shareholders of record Feb. 26.
$0.90
4.9%
Shares of Warner Music Group Corp. advanced to $19.15. The world’s fourth-largest record company approached EMI Group PLC about buying the company on Jan. 24, Warner said.
