Bayer Gains as Jury Rejects Roundup Cancer Link in U.S. Trial

Bayer AG won its first trial over claims Roundup causes cancer in a California case focusing on a child whose non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma was blamed on the weed killer, giving the embattled stock its biggest gain in two months.

A jury in Los Angeles found Tuesday that Bayer’s Monsanto unit wasn’t liable for the boy’s cancer. Bayer lost three earlier trials in the state and said in July it will set aside an additional $4.5 billion to deal with all lawsuits tied to the herbicide, which will be pulled from the U.S. consumer market in its current form in 2023. Another ...