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Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) shares are trading higher this morning on news of two buyouts in the software industry. Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) announced this morning that it has agreed to buy open-source software maker MySQL AB for $1 billion, and Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) reported this morning that it has agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAS) for about $8.5 billion. Investors might think that SYMC could be an eventual buyout target. If you think that the company 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 SYMC.

After hitting a one-year high of $21.32 in October, the stock hit a one-year low of $15.15 last week. SYMC opened this morning at $15.16. So far today the stock has hit a low of $15.57 and a high of $16.16. As of 11:00, SYMC is trading at $16.12, up $0.72 (4.7%). The chart for SYMC looks bearish and steady, while S&P gives the stock a neutral 3 STARS (out of 5) hold rating.

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