Chiquita Brands International Inc. (NYSE:CQB) as well as the Cutrale-Safra group reported that a definitive merger contract, under which Cutrale-Safra will purchase all outstanding common shares of Chiquita for $14.50 per share in cash. Chiquita Brands International Inc. (NYSE:CQB) stock hit highest price at $14.42, beginning with a price of $14.32 to the closed at 14.36 by a gain of 1.41% with a day range of $14.31-$14.42. The total market capitalization remained 674.4 Million, total volume of 17.23 Million shares held in the session was surprisingly higher than its average volume of 761.57 shares.Franklin Resources Inc. (NYSE:BEN) released that it recorded higher preliminary net income attributable to the firm of $640.6M or $1.02 a share for the Q4, as compared with $509M or $0.80 a share, a year before. Shares of Franklin Resources Inc. (NYSE:BEN) opened at $53.00 with 625.29 million outstanding shares and hit to its highest price of $53.95 during the day and finally closed at $53.90 by scoring 0.92%. In the whole session, it traded on volume of 1.71 Million shares, which turned higher than its average volume.Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE:AR) released that commencement of the Antero Midstream Partners LP initial public offering or IPO of 37.5M common units, representing limited partner interests in the alliance, at an anticipated IPO price between $19 and $21 per unit, according to a registration statement on Form S-1 previously filed with the U.S. SEC. On the other consideration, Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE:AR) begun last trade with a price of $49.11 and throughout the trading session climbed at $49.18. The day-trade ended with a decrease of -0.98% to closed at $48.43.






