Maxar Technologies
stock was soaring more than 100% in premarket trading Friday after the space solutions company announced it will be bought by private-equity firm Advent International for $6.4 billion.
Advent agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of Maxar (ticker: MAXR) common stock for $53 a share in cash, which represents a premium of about 129% over Maxar’s closing stock price of $23.10 on Thursday.