Aetna shares rose on the news, while
CVS shares dropped.
Not exact matches
The announcement sent ripples through the healthcare market; the
share price at
CVS and Walgreens
dropped 4.5 % to 6 % in premarket trading, and UnitedHealth
dropped 6.2 %, Reuters reported.
News of the possible transaction, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, sent Aetna
shares soaring nearly 12 percent Thursday, while
CVS's stock
dropped 3 percent.