Shares in StoneCo Ltd.
STNE,
jumped 7% after the Brazilian financial services company on Friday more than doubled its third-quarter profits, beating expectations.
Boeing Co.
BA,
stock increased 4% amid a flurry of news. Bloomberg reported Monday that the Chinese government is close to lifting a freeze on commercial sales of the U.S. company’s 737 Max aircraft. Elsewhere, long-haul carrier Emirates announced at the Dubai Airshow that it would buy $52 billion of the Boeing’s planes, and SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa
LHA,
said it would purchase 90 737 MAX jets.
Stock decliners:
Shares in Plug Power Inc.
PLUG,
fell 4% after the company’s share price collapsed last week following warnings from the fuel-cell company about “unprecedented supply challenges.”
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.
SPCE,
shares dipped 2%. The space tourism company’s share price surged last week following news it will layoff 185 staff after it posted better-than-expected earnings.
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