Reuters: Apollo Global in talks to buy Community Health Systems assets

• Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) +7.1% AH higher following a Reuters report that Apollo Global Management (APO) is among P-E firms and REITs in talks to acquire some of the company's assets.
• APO is seeking to add scale to its RegionalCare Hospital Partners portfolio company with more hospitals, according to the report.
• CYH said earlier that it was in the early stages of exploring a variety of options with unnamed financial sponsors, as well as other unspecified alternatives.
• On Friday, Bloomberg published a report speculating on a potential sale of CYH that offered few statistics.