Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Broadcom, Alphabet — Broadcom on Monday agreed to supply artificial intelligence chips to Google and announced an expansion deal with Anthropic that gives the AI startup about 3.5 gigawatts worth of computing power from Google’s AI processors. Broadcom shares rose 3%, while Alphabet edged up 0.2%. Casey’s General Stores, Hologic — The convenience store operator will replace Hologic in the S&P 500, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced before the start of trading Thursday. Casey’s stock rose about 1%, but Hologic’s shares were suspended due to the completion of pending acquisitions by Blackstone and TPG Global. Oil stocks — Oil stocks were mostly higher as energy prices continued to rise above $110 per barrel ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to attack civilian infrastructure in Iran by 8pm ET on Tuesday. Exxon Mobil was up 0.4%, as was Chevron. Health Care Stocks — Many companies rallied after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized a proposed increase in payments for privately run Medicare Advantage plans. The increase was higher than an initial proposal in January that would have kept payments flat, sending the insurer’s stock price lower. Humana rose nearly 10%, UnitedHealth rose 6% and CVS Health rose nearly 7%. — CNBC’s Michelle Fox and Davis Giangiulio contributed reporting
