By Colin Kellaher

 

Shares of Morgan Stanley fell nearly 4% in premarket trading Thursday after the investment bank agreed to buy online broker E*Trade Financial Corp. in a $13 billion deal.

The all-stock transaction values E*Trade at $58.74 a share, a roughly 30.7% premium to Wednesday's closing price of $44.93 for the Arlington, Va., company.

Morgan Stanley shares, which closed Wednesday at $56.31, were down 3.8% to $54.15 in premarket trading Thursday, while trading in shares of E*Trade was halted premarket.

 

Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 20, 2020 07:58 ET (12:58 GMT)

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