By Amrith Ramkumar and Micah Maidenberg 

Here are some of the companies with shares expected to trade actively in Monday's session.

General Electric Co. -- down 1.5% in Monday morning trading: Shares of the industrial conglomerate fell 3.6% Friday, dropping for the seventh time in eight sessions. They are down 12% so far this month.

CVS Health Corp. -- down 0.7% in Monday morning trading: The pharmacy operator's shares posted their best week since mid-February last week after the company boosted its full-year profit targets. Shares rose 6.4% for the week.

BlackRock Inc. -- down 1.3% in Monday morning trading: The firm is poised to become the largest shareholder of Authentic Brands Group LLC, the company that owns brands including Sports Illustrated, Nine West and AĆ©ropostale, in the first deal for the investment giant's new private-equity fund, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. -- up 0.1% in Monday morning trading: Shares of the highflying chip maker rose 16% last week, their largest weekly advance in two months.

Sysco Corp. -- up 3.8% in Monday morning trading: The food distributor reported results for its latest quarter Monday, beating expectations for adjusted profit.

CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. -- shares of CBS rose 0.7% while Viacom shares were down 2.8% in Monday morning trading: The media companies are in the final stages of a deal to merge, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Rite Aid Corp. -- up 2.5% in Monday morning trading: The nation's third-largest pharmacy chain appointed a new chief executive, Heyward Donigan, to lead the company. She previous led Sapphire Digital, a website for analyzing health-care plans.

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Write to Amrith Ramkumar at amrith.ramkumar@wsj.com and Micah Maidenberg at micah.maidenberg@wsj.com

 

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August 12, 2019 10:20 ET (14:20 GMT)

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