Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) rose on Thursday, up as much as 7.3% before settling into a 2.2% gain by 3:30 p.m. ET. News reports circulated with further details on a potential buyout of the company by private equity firm Sycamore Partners,

Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. WBA advanced 1.72% to $11.23 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1.59% to 5,861.57 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.45% to 43,239.50.

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