Mid-Day Market Update: Gogo Jumps On Upbeat Results; 8x8 Shares Tumble

Midway through trading Monday, the Dow traded up 0.16 percent to 15,786.17 while the NASDAQ dropped 0.01 percent to 3,918.85. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.09 percent to 1,772.13.

Top Headline
Shire plc SHPG announced its plans to buy ViroPharma VPHM for $4.2 billion.

Shire will pay $50 per share in cash for ViroPharma, representing a 27 percent premium to ViroPharma's closing price on Friday.

Equities Trading UP
ViroPharma VPHM shot up 25.51 percent to $49.42 after the company agreed to be acquired by Shire SHPG for $50 per share.

Shares of Gogo
GOGO
got a boost, shooting up 26.13 percent to $23.65 after the company reported upbeat Q3 results and raised its FY13 revenue forecast.

Grifols SA GRFS was also up, gaining 4.94 percent to $31.44 after the company announced its plans to acquire Novartis' NVS diagnostic business for $1.7 billion.

Equities Trading DOWN
Shares of Tata Motors
TTM
were down 4.55 percent to $29.37 after Nomura downgraded the stock from Buy to Neutral.

CDW CDW shares tumbled 4.49 percent to $21.92 after the company announced the commencement of a public offering of 15,000,000 shares of its common stock by selling stockholders.

8x8
EGHT
was down, falling 6.39 percent to $9.96 after the company announced a public offering of 12,500,000 shares of its common stock. The company also announced its
plans to acquire
UK-based Voicenet Solutions for $18.4 million in cash.

Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.68 percent to $95.24, while gold traded down 0.22 percent to $1,281.80.

Silver traded up 0.06 percent Monday to $21.33, while copper rose 0.23 percent to $3.26.

Eurozone
European shares were higher today. The Spanish Ibex Index gained 0.44 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index rose 0.77 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX gained 0.42 percent and the French CAC 40 surged 0.70 percent while U.K. shares rose 0.33 percent.

Economics
On the economics calendar Monday, there is no important data due out.
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