Tesla, Alibaba and Uber Rise Premarket
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Published Apr 12, 2021 08:01AM ET
By Peter Nurse
Investing.com -- Stocks in focus in premarket trade on Monday, April 12th. Please refresh for updates.
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Nuance Communications (NASDAQ:NUAN) stock soared 22% after a number of news agencies reported that software giant Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), down 0.2%, was in advanced talks to uy the speech-recognition company for $16 billion.
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Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) ADR rose 6.1% after the Chinese e-commerce giant said it doesn’t expect any further impact from the antitrust crackdown in China, after regulators fined the company $2.75 billion for abusing its market dominance.
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Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock rose 1.2% after Canaccord Genuity upgraded its investment stance on the electric car manufacturer to ‘buy’ from ‘hold’, saying the company’s battery storage business warrants the company’s rich valuation.
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Regeneron (NASDAQ:REGN) stock rose 1.3% after the drugmaker said it will ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to allow its Covid-19 antibody therapy to be used as a preventative treatment.
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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) stock fell 0.5% after the European Medicines Agency said Friday that it had started a review to look into blood clots in people who had taken the drugmaker’s Covid-19 vaccine. This follows on from similar issues rival AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) had with its vaccine.
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Luminex (NASDAQ:LMNX) stock rose over 10% after the diagnostics company agreed to be bought by Italy’s Diasorin for $1.8 billion.
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Uber (NYSE:UBER) stock rose 3% after the ride-hailing firm said its March total bookings were the highest in its history.
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