check out the companies making headlines in midday trading energy stocks – energy stocks led the sp 500 on monday as oil prices climbed amid supply concerns driven by a pickup in demand as pandemic conditions around the world start to ease cimarex cabot diamondback and marathon oil climbed over 6 occidental added more than 7 halliburton wasnt far behind with more than 5 gains financial stocks – shares of financial institutions also rallied as the yield on the benchmark 10year treasury note climbed above 15 at one point monday morning lincoln national and mt bank rose over 5 while metlife gained about 4 state street added more than 3 bank stocks tend to benefit from rising interest rates because they allow for higher margins and profits best buy – shares of best buy jumped 48 after piper sandler raised its price target on the stock to 150 from 146 per share the new projection implies 432 upside from best buys closing price friday piper sandler called best buy one of our top ideas under coverage and said best buys new membership program is one of the most intriguing initiatives bby has launched in 5 years altice – shares of the broadband and video company dropped more than 6 after credit suisse downgraded the stock to neutral from outperform the wall street firm said altice could experience a shortterm negative impact from its aggressive fiber buildout strategy carnival corp – shares of the cruise line operator jumped 47 after the company issued an upbeat business update on friday carnival said its voyages are already cash flow positive and it expects the positive trend to continue the company reported a us gaap net loss of 28 billion and an adjusted net loss of 20 billion for the third quarter of 2021 vaccine makers – makers of covid19 vaccines fell as singapore reported a daily record in covid cases and hit five new daily highs in the past week the two main vaccines used in singapore are those developed by pfizerbiontech and moderna pfizer is roughly flat monday but biontech and moderna fell 68 and 47 respectively novavax also dropped more than 7 and curevac lost over 3 acceleron pharma – acceleron shares jumped 48 after bloomberg reported on friday that the company is in talks to be acquired by an unnamed large pharmaceutical company for about 180 per share bristolmyers squibb which already owns an 115 stake in acceleron is reportedly one of the potential candidates being considered