The value of acquisitions announced so far this year was up 61 percent year over year. Driven by number of big deals in media and healthcare — such as Amazon’s PillPack acquisition and Cigna’s $52 billion bid for Express Scripts — mergers are on pace to surpass $5 trillion this year.
Here’s the value of deals by industry as of June 30, in billions:
1. Energy and power: $388.67
2. Media and entertainment: $323.39
3. Healthcare: $315.74
4. Industrials: $242.24
5. Financials: $213.66
6. High technology: $207.87
7. Real estate: $200.43
8. Consumer staples: $178.52
9. Materials: $156.23
10. Telecommunications: $121.98
11. Consumer products and services: $87.43
12. Retail: $77.65
13. Government and agencies: $0.07
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