AstraZeneca, Kanas City Southern rise; Carnival, Humana fall

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday:

AstraZeneca Plc., up $1.99 to $51.20.

The drug developer reported encouraging results from a study of its COVID-19 vaccine.

SVB Financial Group, down $32.85 to $511.76.

The financial services company plans to publicly offer 2 million shares of stock.

Humana Inc., down $5.45 to $404.37.

The health insurer's chief financial officer, Brian Kane, is resigning in June.

Applied Materials Inc., up $4.47 to $119.33.

The chipmaking equipment maker's board of directors approved a $7.5 billion stock buyback plan.

Cubic Corp., up $5.50 to $75.20.

The electronics company received a counter offer from Singapore Technologies to rival its deal with Veritas and Evergreen Coast Capital.

Carnival Corp., down $1.48 to $27.48.

The cruise line operator said Costa Cruises in Italy will remain suspended until May 1st.

Synnex Corp., up $6.66 to $109.86.

The high-tech contractor is merging with Tech Data in a deal valued at $7.2 billion.

Kansas City Southern, up $24.93 to $249.09.

Canadian Pacific Railway is buying the railroad operator for about $25 billion in a cash and stock deal.

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Companies Mentioned in This Article

CompanyMarketRank™Current PricePrice ChangeDividend YieldP/E RatioConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target
Kansas City Southern (KSU)
0.4573 of 5 stars
$293.59flat0.74%287.84N/A
Humana (HUM)
4.9976 of 5 stars
$320.54-0.1%1.10%19.96Hold$424.50
SVB Financial Group (SIVB)
0 of 5 stars
$0.05flatN/A0.00N/A
TD SYNNEX (SNX)
4.7737 of 5 stars
$117.61+1.0%1.36%17.07Moderate Buy$121.82
Cubic (CUB)
0.0358 of 5 stars
$75.00flat0.36%326.09N/A
Carnival Co. & (CCL)
4.886 of 5 stars
$14.44-0.1%N/A55.54Moderate Buy$21.47
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