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$156,000, 23 Glendale Ave, Prestigious Home Bldr Inc, to DRL Builders Inc.

BALANCED Invesco Multiple 36.46% N/A N/A AIM: Balanced Fund; A 34.98 47.45% 131.10% AIM: Balanced Fund; B 33.93 N/A N/A Vanguard Wellington 32.92 50.15 100.38 Flag Inv Value Bldr; A 32.76 47.83 N/A

* Buckingham Research boosted the price target on Builders FirstSource, Inc.(NASDAQ: BLDR) from $17 to $21.

As previously reported, he lowered his ratings on four stocks in the space - BMC Stock Holdings (BMCH), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Installed Building Products (IBP) and TopBuild (BLD) - all to Equal Weight from Overweight.

(NASDAQ: BLDR) has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire US-based professional building materials supplier ProBuild Holdings LLC in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately USD 1.63bn, the company said.

Builders FirstSource (BLDR) was the top percentage gainer in the index over this period, posting modest but steady gains in every month but one; in November, BLDR stock fell 0.36 points.

* Builders FirstSource (NASDAQ: BLDR) shares achieved a new 52-week high on Tuesday morning, hitting $19.27 with a daily change of up 1.01%.

* For Builders FirstSource Inc (NASDAQ: BLDR), Evercore ISI Group upgraded the previous rating of Underperform to the current rating In-Line.

(NASDAQ: BLDR) has purchased US-based Timber Tech Texas, the company said.