Mixed Open After Records Last Week

The markets opened mixed with the Dow slipping 11 points to 15,342 while Nasdaq added 3 points to 3501 as investors took a breather after another record close last week.

On the upside

Vista Equity Partners will take Websense (Nasdaq: WBSN) private for a premium of approximately $906 billion.


Shares of Real Goods Solar (Nasdaq: RSOL) continued rising after a Seeking Alpha contributor wrote in Friday that the stock had strong growth potential.


Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: PPHM) reached an agreement with the Food and Drug Administration on the design of a Phase III trial for its lung cancer treatment bavituximab.


On the downside


Profit taking sank shares of National Bank of Greece (NYSE: NBG).


Concerns that South African mine workers would demand sharp increases in pay weighed down shares of AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU).


XenoPort (Nasdaq: XNPT) will stop development of its multiple sclerosis drug arbaclofen placarbil after disappointing results from a late stage clinical trial.

In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of 9 to 7 on the NYSE and by 10 to 9 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 index held steady at 1667.

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