Closing Bell: NRG Soars, Trump Talks With Apple's Cook, CVS Falls

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- NRG Energy (NRG) shares soared 25%, the most intraday since 2017 to a record high, as Wall Street praised its deal that Jefferies says is “transforming” the company and doubling its power generation capacity, while the power producer also reported better-than-expected adjusted Ebitda for the first quarter.

- Apple (AAPL) shares rose after US President Donald Trump said he spoke with CEO Tim Cook earlier on Monday, just as the iPhone maker was reported to be considering price increases later this year. Apple is weighing whether to raise prices for an iPhone lineup coming in the fall, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter whom it didn’t identify. The company is exploring whether to “couple” price increases with new features and designs, while trying to avoid the perception that any hikes are tied to US tariffs, the Journal reported. Apple didn’t respond to Bloomberg’s request for comment.

- CVS (CVS) shares, along with other major US health-care companies that own pharmacy-benefit management units closed lower after President Donald Trump proposed a plan to “cut out” the drug-industry middlemen as a way to reduce drug costs. Trump aims to do so by bringing drugmakers to the negotiating table. He signed an executive order today asking them to lower prices voluntarily or else face regulatory measures. Pharmaceutical companies had expected — and feared — action on drug prices. However, the order was far weaker than they’d anticipated. Shares of major drugmakers initially fell after Trump teased drug-price action on social media Sunday night, then rose as details on the order emerged throughout Monday morning.

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