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U.S. Steel, Adobe, FuelCell, VF Corp, NIO, Illumina, Affirm, and More Market Movers


Stocks rose Monday but gains were limited by comments from Federal Reserve officials that tempered enthusiasm over just how soon interest rates might be lowered. The


S&P 500

rose 2.5% last week, pushing the winning streak for U.S. stocks to seven weeks.

U.S. Steel

was rising 26% to $49.64 after reaching an agreement to be acquired by

Nippon Steel

for $55 a share in cash or $14.9 billion including debt.

U.S. Steel

closed at $39.33 on Friday. The deal, if approved by regulators, is expected to close in the second or third quarter of next year.

Nippon Steel

has committed to maintaining U.S. Steel’s relationships with the United Steelworkers union, the companies said.

Adobe

said it was terminating its deal to acquire after design tools maker Figma for $20 billion.

Adobe

rose 2.2%.

Gene-sequencing company

Illumina

said it plans to sell Grail, its unit that makes cancer blood tests, after a federal appeals found the U.S. government had the right to challenge the $7.1 billion acquisition made in 2021.

Illumina

said the divestiture will be made through a third-party sale or capital markets transaction with the goal of finalizing the terms by the end of the second quarter of 2024. Illumina shares rose 2.1%.

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U.S.-listed shares of

NIO

were rising 4.6% after the Chinese electric-vehicle maker said it received a $2.2 billion investment from CYVN Holdings, an investment vehicle based in Abu Dhabi. The latest investment raises CYVN’s holding in

NIO
’s

total issued and outstanding shares to 20.1%.

FuelCell Energy

jumped 13% after the producer of units that make electricity from hydrogen announced a partnership with

Exxon Mobil

aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions. 

VF Corp
,

the parent company of Vans and The North Face, said a security breach it detected last week could have a “material impact” on its business. The stock declined 9.4%.

Affirm

was falling 4.4% to $42.03 after shares of the buy-now-pay-later operator were downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at

Morgan Stanley
.

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The price target was raised to $20 from $15.

Uber Technologies

was down slightly as shares of the ride-hailing app made their S&P 500 debut on Monday.

Jabil
,

down 0.2%, and

Builders FirstSource
,

rising 0.4%, also joined the index on Monday.

Write to Joe Woelfel at [email protected] 



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