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Dow Chemical (DOW) to sell Morton Salt for $1.675 billion

DOW logoDow Chemical (NYSE: DOW - option chain) shares are headed higher today after the company closed its acquisition of Rohm & Haas. This allows DOW to announce today it plans to sell Morton Salt to German company K+S Aktiengesellschaft for nearly $1.7 billion. This will help DOW stabilize its finances, which were left in a lurch when Kuwaiti financing on the Rohm & Haas deal fell through. Left out in the cold in this deal is Compass Minerals International (NYSE: CMP), a salt company that had been expected to get a bid from K+S. If you think that DOW won't fall by too much in the coming months, then now could be a good time to look at a bullish hedged trade on that stock.

DOW opened this morning at $9.46. So far today the stock has hit a low of $9.25 and a high of $9.75. As of 12:05, DOW is trading at $9.69, up 88 cents (10.0%). The chart for DOW looks neutral and S&P gives DOW a 3 STARS (out of 5) hold ranking.

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