-- Health care stocks were steady to lower Monday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index little changed and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) easing 0.2%.
The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) fell 0.1%.
In corporate news, Organon (OGN) shares jumped 17% after the company agreed to be acquired by India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries $14 a share in cash, valuing the company at $11.75 billion.
Investors in a Blue Owl Capital (OWL) business development company tendered less than 1% of shares to Boaz Weinstein's Saba Capital Management and Cox Capital Partners, which had offered to buy them out at a significant discount, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.Blue Owl didn't immediately reply to a request for comment from.(Market Chatter news is derived from conversations with market professionals globally. This information is believed to be from reliable sources but may include rumor and speculation. Accuracy is not guaranteed.)Price: $8.97, Change: $-0.21, Percent Change: -2.29%
First Bancorp (FBP) shares were up 3.4% in Monday trading after Raymond James upgraded the company's stock to strong buy from outperform and raised its price target to $27 from $26.Trading volume stood at about 537,000 shares, compared with a daily average of around 1.5 million.Price: $24.23, Change: $+0.82, Percent Change: +3.48%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) shares were down over 3% in Monday trading after Northland downgraded the company's stock to market perform from outperform.Trading volume stood at more than 38.6 million shares, compared with a daily average of around 38.2 million.Price: $335.90, Change: $-11.91, Percent Change: -3.42%