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Hot Stocks: Alnylam, Green Energy Plays Among Monday's Movers
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Big contract wins and corporate dealmaking were some of the catalysts behind Monday's most actively traded stocks.
Shares of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals [ALNY
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The deal, which has Roche making an upfront payment of $338 million with the potential for future milestone payments of $1 billion, is one of the largest in the nascent but promising research area. Alnylam rival Sirna Therapeutics was acquired by Merck [MRK
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Green energy outfit First Solar [FSLR
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Schnitzer Steel Industries [SCHN
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Sigmatel [SGTL
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"We believe we have strong momentum going into the third quarter and are looking forward to sharing more good news during our second quarter conference call," Chief Executive Phil Pompa said in a prepared statement. Sigmatel said it will host the call later this week.
Peter Kang is a markets writer at CNBC.com and can be reached at .
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