The two companies that sold their shares within their marketed range—China’s Leju Holdings Ltd. and Weibo Corp. (ADR) (NASDAQ:WB), both opted the day of their offerings to sell fewer shares than planned. Weibo Corp (ADR) (NASDAQ:WB) stock performance was 19.06% in last session and finished the day at $20.24.
According to reports, Pfizer Inc. considered buying London-based AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) in informal talks held several months ago. The now-discontinued talks were first reported on Sunday by a media report, which cited sources who said a takeover had been discussed that would have valued AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) at more than 60 billion pounds ($101 billion). AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) dropped -0.06 percent to $63.49 Thursday on volume of 500.00million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $63.25 to $63.75. AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) has a market capitalization of $80.08billion.
There’s an old saying on Wall Street about insider buying: there are many possible reasons to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy. Back on April 7, AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO)’s Sr. VP, Sec. & Gen Counsel, Kristen C. Wright, invested $24,471.02 into 47 shares of AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO), for a cost per share of $520.66. AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO)’s stock on Apr 17, 2014 reported a decrease of -1.15% to the closing price of $516.16. Its fifty two weeks range is $375.12 -$561.62. The total market capitalization recorded $17.15billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 205.8K shares. In its share capital, AZO has 33.23million outstanding shares.
Square Inc has been in talks with several rivals for a possible sale as the mobile payments startup looks to stem widening losses and dwindling cash, the Wall Street Journalreported, citing people familiar with the matter. The company spoke to Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) earlier this year about a possible sale, the Journal reported, adding that it wasn’t clear whether the talks are continuing. On Thursday, shares of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) dropped -3.67% to close the day at $536.10.