(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 03, 2010 ) New York, NY -Burger King Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BKC) soared 25.08% to $23.59 on over 89.98 million shares. The company said Thursday it will be bought by private equity firm 3G Capital for $24 a share, or $4 billion, including the assumption of debt. The deal values the fast food company at a premium over its closing price of $18.86 a share on Wednesday. The deal comes after days of reports that the company would go private.

Over the past 52-weeks, the stock traded within the range of $16.31-$23.60. Today, the stock created its new 52-week high of $23.60.

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Wendy's Arby's Group Inc. (NYSE:WEN) added 6.80% to $4.40 on over 11.46 million shares. Over the past 52-weeks, the stock traded within the range of $3.83-$5.55. The volumes were high today at 11.46 million shares as compared to its daily average volume of 3.72 million shares.

Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT) jumped 9.32% to $18.18 on over 4.46 million shares. After opening today`s trade at $16.97, the stock traded within the range of $16.67-$18.22. At current market price, the market capitalization of the stock stands at $1.85 billion.

In the past one year of trading sessions, the stock jumped more than 21%.

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) advanced 3.51% to close at $44.22. Today, 2.26 million shares were traded as compared to its daily average volume of 1.66 million shares. At current market price, the market capitalization of the stock stood at $6.22 billion.

Darden Restaurants, Inc. operates full-service restaurant. As of May 30, 2010, the Company operated through subsidiaries 1,824 restaurants in the United States and Canada.

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