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US stocks surged | Sony (SONY.US) rebounds more than 3% before the market opens with a $630 million CAD acquisition of Snoopy

24/12/2025

According to the Wise Finance APP, on Tuesday, Sony (SONY.US) rebounded by over 3% in pre-market trading. The stock has been on a downward trend recently and is now trading at $25.99. In terms of news, Sony has acquired 41% of the shares of Peanuts Holdings, which owns the rights to the "Peanuts" comics created by cartoonist Charles Schulz (characters include Snoopy and Charlie Brown), from Canada's children's entertainment company WildBrain for 630 million Canadian dollars. This transaction increases Sony Corporation's stake to 80%, gradually increasing from the start of 2018, with the remaining 20% held by the Schulz family.

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