Which Stock Went Up 43 Percent Today?

April 10, 2012 3:41 am

We have spotted some interesting one day stock moves in the past – we spotted this today:

“AOL said early Monday that it is selling hundreds of patents to Microsoft Corp. for more than $1 billion. The news sent shares of AOL surging.
AOL (AOL) agreed to sell more than 800 patents to Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) for $1.1 billion in cash. AOL also granted a non-exclusive license to Microsoft for the rest of its patents.

Shares of AOL spiked 43% to close at $26.40.”

Statistics Source: CNN Money

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