The Dow Jones news today: The Dow Jones futures projected a 35-point gain after Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA) made an aggressive offer for the assets of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. (NYSE: FOXA).
The cable and Internet giant has offered $35 per share, countering the offer recently made by Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS). The all-cash offer is a 19% premium to Disney's offer and brings Fox's valuation to $65 billion. Shares of FOX gained nearly 1% in pre-market hours.
Here are the numbers from Wednesday for the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq:
Now here's a closer look at today's Money Morning insight, the most important market events, and stocks to watch.
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