By Francesca Fontana and Orla McCaffrey 

Here are some of the companies with shares expected to trade actively in Monday's session. Stock movements reflect premarket trading.

Alphabet Inc. -- Down 0.3% : Alphabet's Google is wooing partners in China for a potential expansion there even as its search index and Gmail remain officially blocked, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Netflix Inc. -- Down 1.1%: Netflix CFO David Wells announced plans to step down after eight years in the position.

Tesla Inc. -- Up 1.2% : Elon Musk took to Tesla's website to give more details surrounding last week's announcement on Twitter that he is considering taking Tesla private.

Nielsen Holdings -- Up 16%: Activist investor Elliott Management has taken a big stake in Nielsen Holdings and plans to push the TV-ratings company to sell itself, The Journal reported.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals -- Down 5.3% : The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Onpattro late in Friday's session, a drug that combats disease by silencing the genes driving it, the newest technology transforming the arsenal of medicines.

VF Corp. -- Down 0.5% : The owner of Lee and Wrangler jeans plans to spin off its denim business in a bid to sharpen its focus on faster-growing outerwear and activewear brands.

Qualcomm Inc. -- Up 0.3%: Qualcomm reached a settlement with the Taiwanese government that revokes a previous finding against the chip maker and saves the company nearly $700 million in fines.

Sysco Corp. -- Up 4.1% : The food distribution giant reported profit and revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter that beat expectations.

Dish Network Corp. -- Down 3.6% : The company's CFO is leaving to become chief financial officer at Brookdale Senior Living.

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(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 13, 2018 09:44 ET (13:44 GMT)

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