UniFirst, Adeia, Cytokinetics And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Monday - Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI), Abivax (NASDAQ:ABVX)

U.S. stocks were higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 200 points on Monday.Shares of UniFirst Corp (NYSE:UNF) rose sharply during Monday's session after the company received an acquisition proposal from Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ:CTAS) for $275 per share in cash.The offer valued UniFirst at about $5.2 billion and represents a 64% premium to its 90-day average closing price as of December 11, 2025.UniFirst shares surged 21.8% to $207.50 on Monday.Here are some other big stocks recording gains i ...