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Monday, January 19, 2015

Market Chatter- Corporate finance press digest, (NYSE: RDS-A), (NYSE: RDS-B)

The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media: * Brazilian oil and gas company HRT Participacoes SA reached an agreement to purchase offshore assets of Royal Dutch Shell Plc in the Campos Basin, a source with knowledge of the deal said on Monday.* Japanese trading house Itochu Corp and Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) plan to jointly invest about 1 trillion yen ($8.5 billion) in China's Citic Group, a source familiar with the deal said on Tuesday.

Shares of RDS-A traded higher by 3.01% or $1.88/share to $64.39. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $60.84 and as high as $83.42. On average, 3502060 shares of RDS-A exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 4195103.

Shares of RDS-B traded higher by 3.3% or $2.13/share to $66.61. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $62.11 and as high as $88.13. On average, 1125200 shares of RDS-B exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1602018.



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