Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) stock is advancing nearly 12% after CNBC reported that the troubled pharmacy chain could still be acquired. WBA May Be Bought After All After reporting on Jan 27 that a possible acquisition of WBA by private equity firm Sycamore Partners was “mostly dead,

Shares of pharmacy chain Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) jumped 13.5% in the morning session after CNBC's David Faber said that a potential deal between the company (Walgreens) and private equity firm Sycamore Partners "was showing signs of life.

Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. surged 14.02% to $11.06 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.24% to 6,129.