Midday Report: Syngenta Deal Gets U.S. Support; U.S. Stocks Fall

Stocks fell back into the red as a selloff in crude oil and gains in health care made for choppy trading. Crude snapped its seven-session streak as hopes of an OPEC production freeze faded.  Marathon Oil (MRO) - Get Report fell after announcing its chief financial officer J.R. Sult would leave for personal reasons. Pat Wagner, VP of corporate development, will step in as interim CFO until a permanent replacement has been found.  Deere's (DE) - Get Report price target was raised to $100 a share at Credit Suisse. Analysts kept an outperform rating, pointing to cost-cutting measures across the board.  Syngenta (SYT) climbed after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. approved its acquisition by ChemChina. The $43 billion deal had been put under scrutiny as the largest overseas acquisition by a Chinese firm.