Advertisement
UK markets open in 2 hours 38 minutes

  • NIKKEI 225

    38,242.84
    -31.21 (-0.08%)
     

  • HANG SENG

    18,155.28
    +392.25 (+2.21%)
     

  • CRUDE OIL

    79.48
    +0.48 (+0.61%)
     

  • GOLD FUTURES

    2,330.00
    +19.00 (+0.82%)
     

  • DOW

    37,903.29
    +87.37 (+0.23%)
     

  • Bitcoin GBP

    45,797.91
    -2,252.75 (-4.69%)
     

  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,261.42
    -77.64 (-5.80%)
     

  • NASDAQ Composite

    15,605.48
    -52.34 (-0.33%)
     

  • UK FTSE All Share

    4,418.60
    -11.65 (-0.26%)
     
Money:

Family finances

Who is the breadwinner in your family and does it matter?

BUZZ-Shire: shares slump, proposed $30 bln all-stock deal with Baxalta

Reuters - UK Focus

** Shire (Xetra: S7E.DE - news) slides nearly 8 pct after co confirms it made a proposal to merge with Baxalta (Berlin: 9BX.BE - news) in an all-stock deal

** Baxalta shares spike 28.2 pct in the US premarket

** Shire says Baxalta has declined to engage in discussions

** Shire shares poised for worst drop since a deal with AbbVie (Xetra: 4AB.DE - news) was called off last October

** One trader says news likely to dent speculation about Shire getting taken over

** Shire has been an active dealmaker this year with the latest coming a day ago with a $300 mln purchase of U.S.-based Foresight Biotherapeutics

(RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : sudip.kargupta.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net; RM: alasdair.pal.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)