Apple and Chesapeake Energy rise; Spark Therapeutics sinks
Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday:
Bluebird Bio Inc., up $30.65 to $201.80
Bluebird and Celgene reported positive results from an early clinical trial of a multiple myeloma treatment.
Apple Inc., up $3.30 to $172.67
The website Apple Insider said the company is delivering new iPhones to customers at a faster pace.
Spark Therapeutics Inc., down $25.66 to $47.72
Spark plunged and competitor BioMarin climbed after both reported data on experimental treatments for hemophilia A.
HSBC Holdings PLC, up 83 cents to $50.20
The bank said the Justice Department will ask a court to dismiss deferred criminal charges after it strengthened safeguards against money laundering.
Scana Corp., down $2.79 to $42.38
The company offered to give the site of a failed nuclear reactor project to a South Carolina utility.
Chesapeake Energy Corp., up 15 cents to $3.83
Oil and gas prices rose as a major North Sea pipeline will be shut down to fix a crack.
Overstock.com, up $9.93 to $55
The online discount retailer accepts payment in bitcoin, and rose as trading in bitcoin futures started.
Canadian Solar Inc., up 54 cents to $17.79
The company said Chairman and CEO Shawn Qu offered to take the company private for $18.47 a share.