Stocks Hitting 52-Week Highs

Sigma-Aldrich SIAL shares reached a new 52-week high of $137.765 after Germany's Merck KGaA MKGAY announced its plans to acquire Sigma-Aldrich for $17 billion in cash. Epiq Systems EPIQ shares touched a new 52-week high of $19.03 after P2 Capital Partners confirmed the EPIQ's rejection of take-private proposal. ChinaNet Online Holdings CNET shares jumped 64.80% to touch a new 52-week high of $3.23. ChinaNet Online reported that the company won the Best Company in Chinese Entrepreneurial SME Business Development Marketing at the 2014 Chinese e-Commerce Industry Gateway Conference. The Clorox Company CLX shares gained 7.84% to reach a new 52-week high of $97.67 after the company reported exit from Venezuela.