The first round French election win of centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron sent the markets soaring with the Dow leaping 224 points to 20,772. Nasdaq surged 69 points to 5,979.
On the upside
Ocean Power Technologies (Nasdaq: OPTT) deployed a PB3 PowerBuoy off the coast of Japan.
Real Goods Solar (NYSE: RGSE) provided an upbeat business update.
Becton Dickinson will acquire C.R. Bard (NYSE: BCR) in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $24 billion.
On the downside
RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE: RLJ) will acquire FelCor Lodging Trust (NYSE: FCH) in an all stock transaction.
Shares of Ocwen Financial (NYSE: OCN) extended its losses.
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) to overturn a ruling to pay $438.7 million to bondholders.
In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of nearly 3 to 1 on the NYSE and by more than 4 to 1 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 index soared 24 points to 2,373. Bitcoin added $2 to $1243.