Clean Energy, Palantir rise; Entergy, MKS fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday:
Cubic Corp., up $6.31 to $69.60.
Veritas Capital and Elliott Investment Management are buying the electronics company for about $2.2 billion.
Energizer Holdings Inc., up $1.35 to $48.73.
The battery and personal care products maker's first-quarter financial results handily beat analysts' forecasts.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., up $4.90 to $17.87.
The provider of natural gas for vehicle fleets signed a five-year contract with Los Angeles County Metro.
MKS Instruments Inc., down $13.09 to $149.24.
The maker of components for the semiconductor industry made an offer to buy California-based laser company Coherent.
Palantir Technologies Inc., up $2 to $36.05.
The software company is partnering with IBM on artificial intelligence applications.
CNA Financial Corp., up $1.93 to $42.69.
The Chicago-based owner of insurer Continental Casualty raised its quarterly dividend and beat analysts' fourth-quarter profit forecasts.
Entergy Corp., down $2.16 to $94.47.
The New Orleans-based electric utility's stock slipped as investors shifted money away from the safe-play sector.
Occidental Petroleum Corp., up $2.89 to $25.45.
Rising oil prices gave the oil and gas company's stock a boost.
