U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Boeing, Uber, Microbot Medical, Lineage Cell

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24/12/2019 16:44

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    Wall Street hovered near record highs on Tuesday ahead of Christmas break as
investors paused after a rally that was fueled by improving U.S.-China trade
relations and optimism about the health of the domestic economy.  .N 
    At 11:31 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average  .DJI  was down 0.09% at
28,525.1. The S&P 500  .SPX  was down 0.01% at 3,223.64 and the Nasdaq Composite
 .IXIC  was up 0.06% at 8,951.168.
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PG.INX  percentage gainers:
 ** Freeport-McMoRan Inc  FCX.N , up 2.1%
 ** Diamondback Energy Inc  FANG.O , up 2%
 ** Lennar Corp  LEN.N , up 1.9%
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PL.INX  percentage losers:
 ** Synopsys Inc  SNPS.O , down 1.6%
 ** Invesco Ltd  IVZ.N , down 1.4%
 ** Tapestry Inc  TPR.N , down 1.4%
 
 The top two NYSE  .PG.N  percentage gainers:
 ** Seadrill Ltd  SDRL.N , up 24.8%
 ** Amira Nature Foods Ltd  RYCE.N , up 20.7%
 
 The top NYSE  .PL.N  percentage loser:
 ** Indonesia Energy Corp  INDO.N , down 7%
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PG.O  percentage gainers:
 ** Microbot Medical  MBOT.O , up 73.5%
 ** Clps Inc  CLPS.O , up 63.8%
 ** Proteostasis Therapeutics Inc  PTI.O , up 40.7%
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PL.O  percentage losers:
 ** Liminal BioSciences Inc  LMNL.O , down 13.1%
 ** Health Catalyst Inc  HCAT.O , down 8.8%
 ** P&F Industries Inc  PFIN.O , down 8.7%
 
 
 
 ** Boeing Co  BA.N : down 1.0%
 BUZZ-Boeing Co: Analysts expect new CEO Calhoun to right ship in face of MAX
storm  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y2BN
 
 ** Uber Technologies Inc  UBER.N : up 1.2%
 BUZZ-Uber edges higher as founder Travis Kalanick resigns from board
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y27N
 
 ** Advanced Micro Devices  AMD.O : up 1.8%
 BUZZ- Rises for fourth day as RBC sets Street high price target  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y227
 
 ** Cel-Sci Corp  CVM.A : down 5.2%
 BUZZ- Drops on discounted stock offering  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y22Y
 
 ** Transocean Ltd  RIG.N : up 0.9%
 ** Valaris Plc  VAL.N : up 4.6%
 ** Borr Drilling  BORR.N : up 2.4%
 BUZZ-Pick up in floater rig activity is imminent - Evercore ISI  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y23Y
 
 ** NewLink Genetics  NLNK.O : up 20.8%
 BUZZ- Rises on licensing deal for its cancer treatment  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y24I
 
 ** Kodiak Sciences  KOD.O : up 12.0%
 BUZZ- J.P. Morgan starts coverage with "Overweight"  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y24L
 ** Correvio Pharma  CORV.O : down 2.5%
 BUZZ- Falls after FDA declines to approve heart drug  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y25T
  
 ** Microbot Medical  MBOT.O : up 73.5%
 BUZZ-Microbot Medical's rally continues as brokerage upbeat on co's surgical
robot  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y26N
 
 ** WESCO International Inc  WCC.N : up 6.4%
 BUZZ-Wesco offers $90/share to buy Anixter, shares rise  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y238
 
 ** Acasti Pharma Inc  ACST.O : up 0.9%
 BUZZ-Acasti Pharma delays trial results for heart treatment  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y1WQ
 
  ** Lineage Cell Therapeutics  LCTX.N : up 38.9%
 BUZZ-Lineage Cell Therapeutics: Surges after multiple license deals for
intellectual property  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y2AS
 
 ** Ability Inc  ABIL.O : down 21.0%
 BUZZ-Ability Inc: Falls as Nasdaq to delist stock  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y2BI
 
 ** Resolute Forest Products  RFP.N : up 7.2%
 BUZZ-Resolute Forest Products: Up on $163 mln deal with Conifex  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y2BL
 
 ** Amira Nature Foods  RYCE.N : up 20.7%
 BUZZ-Amira Nature Foods: Rises after winning $40 mln contract  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y2BV
 
    
 The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
 
 Communication Services   .SPLRCL   up 0.02%
 Consumer Discretionary   .SPLRCD   up 0.15%
 Consumer Staples         .SPLRCS   down 0.07%
 Energy                   .SPNY     up 0.04%
 Financial                .SPSY     up 0.01%
 Health                   .SPXHC    down 0.15%
 Industrial               .SPLRCI   down 0.32%
 Information Technology   .SPLRCT   up 0.04%
 Materials                .SPLRCM   up 0.24%
 Real Estate              .SPLRCR   up 0.24%
 Utilities                .SPLRCU   up 0.05%
 
 (Compiled by Trisha Roy in Bengaluru)
 ((Trisha.Roy@thomsonreuters.com; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780, outside U.S. +91
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