NEW YORK - Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE
Bear Stearns Companies Inc., down $26.18 at $3.82 (BSC)
A $2-per-share buyout offer from JPMorgan Chase & Co., backed by the federal goverment, caused most of the investment bank's value to evaporate.
Siemens AG, down $21.06 at $103.48 (SI)
The German conglomerate said weak performance this quarter will likely pull earnings down by about euro900 million ($1.4 billion).
H&R Block Inc., up 22 cents at $17.69 (HRB)
The tax preparer will sell Option One Mortgage Corp., its struggling loan servicing business, to billionaire investor Wilbur Ross for $1.1 billion.
CME Group Inc., down $62.82 ay $423.23 (CME)
The parent of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange will buy Nymex Holdings Inc., which runs the New York Merc, for $9.5 billion in cash and stock.

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