Shares of retailers and other consumer companies fell amid fears about further civil unrest.
Chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride reached a $75 million deal with a group of poultry buyers to settle price-fixing claims.
Automaker Ford Motor is closing three factories in Brazil in an effort to shore up money-losing operations overseas, the company said.
The owner of Staples made an unsolicited offer to buy rival office-supplies chain Office Depot in a deal worth more than $2 billion, making a second attempt to join forces after a previous effort was blocked by regulators on competition concerns.
Cruise line Carnival said it's continuing to burn cash and expects to post a $2.2 billion loss for the latest quarter as it awaits Centers for Disease Control approval to resume U.S. voyages.
Food-services giant Sodexo said revenue fell in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 but business trends improved compared with the previous quarter.
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