Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) Stock Flat in After-Hours Trading on BG Group Acquisition Reports

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Royal Dutch Shell   were flat in after-hours trading Tuesday on reports that the oil giant is in talks to buy gas producer BG Group, according to the Wall Street Journal. The deal for BG Group, which has a market capitalization of approximately $46 billion, would be one of the largest of the year if it goes through. This would also mark a rare deal of this size in the energy industry, which has languished since mid-2014 thanks to plunging oil prices. Only ...