Health-care companies rose amid deal intrigue.

Merck has entered talks to acquire Revolution Medicines in a deal that could value it at around $30 billion. Biopharmaceutical company AbbVie had previously denied it had entered talks to buy the cancer-drug biotech.

Danish obesity-drug maker Novo Nordisk rose after Amazon Pharmacy began offering pill versions of its GLP-1 drug Wegovy.

Health-care conglomerate Johnson & Johnson agreed to lower the prices of medicines that certain U.S. patients pay, making it the latest pharmaceutical company to strike a pact with the Trump administration.


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