WestRock shares jump on the NYSE: WestRock and Smurfit Kappa discuss terms of a merger – Smurfit Kappa shares in red

WestRock shares benefit from a possible merger on Thursday.

Among the individual stocks, WestRock shares on the NYSE temporarily rose by 3.53 percent to $33.01. The U.S. cardboard and packaging maker and Europe’s Smurfit Kappa are discussing terms of a merger that would create a new company valued at about $20 billion. The Smurfit Kappa share was temporarily down 2.80 percent at GBP 31.28 in London.

Editorial staff at finanzen.net with material from Dow Jones

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