Some meme stocks skyrocketed in premarket trading.Bed Bath & Beyond,R.R. Donnelley & Sons,Naked Brand,Koss,Express,AMC,GameStop and BlackBerry soared between 4% and 62%.
Bed Bath & Beyond,the home-goods retailer announced news that likely fueled a so-called short squeeze, where hedge funds that had bet against the stock were forced to buy back their shares to cut losses.
Commercial-printing company R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. is nearing a deal to sell itself to a private-equity firm for just over $2 billion including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.