Mid-Morning Market Update: Caribou Bought Out; Clearwire Plummets

Following the market opening Monday, the Dow traded up 0.41 percent to 13,188.69 while the NASDAQ rose 0.57 percent to 2,988.36. The S&P also rose, increasing 0.63 percent to 1,422.54. Top Headline
Caribou Coffee CBOU announced that it would enter a merger agreement and be acquired by Joh. A. Benckiser for $16 per share in cash Monday morning. The acquisition represented a 23 percent premium on Caribou's closing price Friday. Equities Trading Up
Vivus VVUS was among the morning's top gainers rising 11.85 percent to $12.84 after an announcement that drug prescriptions had risen significantly over the last few months. Tronox TROX also rose, trading up 7.72 percent to $16.99 possibly on technicals. Shares of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals LXRX were also up, gaining 6.95 percent to $2.00 following an FDA fast track designation for one of its drugs. Equities Trading Down
Clearwire CLWR was among the morning's top losers, falling 13.80 percent to $2.91 as the traders pulled back from a strong rally last week. Smith & Wesson SWHC fell sharply at the market open, dropping 4.16 percent to $8.75 as traders worried about the coming talks of increased gun control. Shares of Sequenom SQNM traded down 3.33 percent to $4.65 after USPTO withdrew its issuance of a patent for the company. Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.73 percent to $87.36, while gold traded up 0.16 percent to $1,698.50. Silver traded down 0.14 percent Monday to $32.08. Eurozone
European markets were down early this morning on continuing global fears. Economics
In economic news Monday, the New York empire state manufacturing index came in at -8.1, far below the expected -1.0 and below the prior report of -5.22. Overall net capital flow came in at -56.70 billion, far below the prior release of 4.30 billion, while TIC net long-term transactions were reported at 1.30 billion, well below the anticipated 25.0 billion and the previous report of 3.2 billion.