Shares of banks and other financial institutions rose amid earnings momentum and deal activity.
Sila Realty Trust agreed to a buyout from troubled private-credit manager Blue Owl for about $2.4 billion in cash. Blue Owl's acquisition of the health-care real-estate investment firm follows a recent real-estate acquisition by private credit rival Ares Management.
UniCredit mapped out a plan to transform takeover target Commerzbank, marking Chief Executive Andrea Orcel's latest move to broker a deal and extract value from its German peer.
Among regional banks, Zions Bancorp fell in late trading after the lender posted first-quarter profit growth short of some investors' expectations.
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