Afterpay to be acquired by Square, Oil Search to merge with Santos

At lunch on Monday, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is on course to start the week with a strong gain. The benchmark index is currently up a sizeable 1.4% to 7,495.4 points.

Here’s what is happening on the ASX 200 on Monday:

Afterpay to be acquired by…