Communications services companies rose amid deal activity.
Paramount Global added to gains as investors hoped for a bidding war among suitors for the Hollywood studio.
Simon & Schuster agreed to buy Dutch publishing house Veen Bosch & Keuning for an undisclosed amount, its first deal for a non-English book publisher as it pushes to expand internationally.
ABC News President Kim Godwin stepped down Sunday night, months after a corporate restructuring that effectively stripped away much of her management autonomy.
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