U.S. stocks traded mostly higher midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining over 50 points on Monday.

The Dow traded up 0.01% to 46,321.12 while the NASDAQ rose 0.24% to 22,685.77. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.15% to 6,674.60.

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Information technology shares jumped by 0.4% on Monday.

In trading on Monday, consumer staples stocks fell by 0.5%.

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Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) on Monday agreed to acquire Metsera, Inc. (NASDAQ:MTSR) to accelerate the next generation of medicines for obesity and cardiometabolic diseases.

The acquisition brings a portfolio of differentiated oral and injectable incretin, non-incretin, and combination therapy candidates.

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