These are Wednesday’s market winners and losers.
Biggest Winners
Shares of BioClinica Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOC) are up 19.37% to $7.21 on trading volume of 5 million shares. JLL Partners Inc., a private equity firm, will buy the company for $7.25 a share, or about $123 million. Before Wednesday, the 52-week high was $6.59.
Shares of Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. (NYSE: FSL) are up 16.55% to $14.44 on trading volume of 2.9 million shares. Although the company lost $0.15 a share in the fourth quarter, it was better than the $0.18 a share Wall St. analysts polled by Reuters expected. The 52-week high is $17.84.
Biggest Losers
Shares of Ventrus Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: VTUS) are down 20.12% to $2.62 on trading volume of 1.3 million shares. The company has priced 5.8 million shares of common stock at $2.50. The 52-week low is $1.99.
Shares of Meritor Inc. (NYSE: MTOR) are down 14.77% to $4.56 on trading volume of 2.7 million shares. The auto parts supplier announced a first-quarter loss of $0.22 a share, far worse than the $0.04 a share Wall St. analysts expected. The 52-week low is $3.83.
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