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Wall Street surged on Thursday as record weekly jobless claims came in below
investors' worst fears, while also making a strong case for more aggressive
stimulus to aid businesses and families wrecked by the economic fallout of the
coronavirus pandemic. .N
At 14:07 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 4.18% at
22,086.51. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 3.98% at 2,574.13 and the Nasdaq Composite
.IXIC was up 3.49% at 7,641.669.
The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** Coty Inc COTY.N , up 27.1%
** Synchrony Finanacial SYF.N , up 15.5%
** H & R Block Inc HRB.N , up 15.3%
The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** ViacomCBS Inc VIAC.O , down 7.3%
** Macy's Inc M.N , down 6.5%
** Expedia Group Inc EXPE.O , down 5.5%
The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:
** Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc GPMT.N , up 240%
** Micron Solutions Inc MICR.N , up 123.3%
** MFA Financial Inc MFA.N , up 107.9%
The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** New York Mortgage Trust Inc NYMTM.O , up 93.7%
** New York Mortgage Trust Inc NYMTN.O , up 85.1%
** New York Mortgage Trust Inc NYMTP.O , up 84.4%
The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** Astrotech Corp ASTC.O , down 21.2%
** J.W. Mays Inc MAYS.O , down 20.9%
** OFS Capital Corp OFSSI.O , down 18.9%
** Bristol-Myers Squibb Co BMY.N : up 5.2%
BUZZ-Up on FDA's approval for multiple sclerosis drug urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ35N
** Micron Technology Inc MU.O : up 4.3%
BUZZ-Piper Sandler positive on trend of work from home amid virus outbreak
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ35Q
** Viomi Technology VIOT.O : up 15.8%
BUZZ-China's Viomi Technology rises as revenue beats estimates urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ38W
** Cerecor Inc CERC.O : up 1.9%
BUZZ-Rises as co to explore role of inflammatory protein in COVID-19
patients urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ3A5
** Signet Jewelers Ltd SIG.N : up 32.6%
BUZZ-Surges on quarterly beat, draws down $900 mln from credit
facility urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ3GT
** MFA Financial MFA.N :up 107.9%
** Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc IVR.N : up 61.4%
** New York Mortgage Trust NYMT.O : up 49.2%
** AG Mortgage Investment Trust MITT.N : up 88.7%
BUZZ-Mortgage REITs; Relief rally urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2BJ1IB
** Henry Schein HSIC.O : up 7.7%
BUZZ-Rises after making COVID-19 test available for use urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ3LV
** iBio Inc IBIO.N : down 0.9%
BUZZ-Rises on COVID-19 vaccine progress urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ3LW
** VBL Therapeutics VBLT.O : up 20.0%
BUZZ-Surges after late-stage cancer trial shows promise urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ3PG
** Analog Devices ADI.O : down 2.2%
BUZZ-Withdraws Q2 outlook amid virus fears urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ3RB
** Biocept Inc BIOC.O : down 14.0%
BUZZ-Rises on biopsy services deal urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ3SL
** bluebird bio Inc BLUE.O : down 2.3%
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** XpresSpa Group XSPA.O : down 25.9%
BUZZ-Tumbles on registered direct offering urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ3UM
** Cheesecake Factory Inc CAKE.O : up 3.1%
BUZZ-Falls on report it is unable to pay rent urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2BD0OB
** Cerus Corp CERS.O : up 5.7%
BUZZ-Up on forming group to improve convalescent plasma production for COVID-19
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ3XB
** First Solar Inc FSLR.O :up 6.4%
BUZZ-Pandemic-led restrictions have no impact on Ohio manufacturing plants,
shares up urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ3XF
** Interpublic Group IPG.N : up 6.5%
BUZZ-Up as it withdraws FY20 forecast due to coronavirus outbreak urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ3YX
** Harley-Davidson HOG.N : down 1.0%
BUZZ-Says coronavirus to hit supply chain; withdraws forecast urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ431
** Canadian Solar CSIQ.O : up 11.0%
BUZZ-Shares rise on results beat, buyback program urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ447
** Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc TMO.N : up 3.5%
BUZZ-Rises after COVID-19 test gets EU approval urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ2SQ
** American Airlines AAL.O : up 3.4%
** Delta Air Lines DAL.N : up 5.6%
** Spirit Airlines SAVE.N : up 6.9%
** United Airlines UAL.O : up 1.3%
** Southwest Airlines Co LUV.N : up 8.0%
BUZZ-U.S. airline stocks jump as Senate passes $58 bln aid bill urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1X36NA
** Capital One COF.N : up 11.2%
BUZZ-Rises as Reuters reports regulatory waiver for its higher derivatives
exposure urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ485
** Twist Bioscience TWST.O : up 7.6%
BUZZ-Rises on collaboration for COVID-19 treatment development urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ48X
** Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc INO.O : up 6.8%
BUZZ-Rises on positive data from anal dysplasia study urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ49F
** Wanda Sports Group WSG.O : up 34.6%
BUZZ-Soars on Ironman Group sale urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ3J7
** Facebook Inc FB.O : up 2.8%
BUZZ-Citigroup lowers PT, forecast on coronavirus hit to ad revenue urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ4BY
** Albermarle Corp ALB.N : down 1.7%
BUZZ-Slips after RBC slashes PT on coronavirus headwinds urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ499
** Boeing Co BA.N : up 13.7%
BUZZ-Jumps on U.S. Senate's $58 bln aid bill for aerospace industry
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ4H5
** Pure Storage Inc PSTG.N : Up 6%
BUZZ-Brokerage sees increasing market share, upgrades to
"outperform" urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ4IX
** Dolby Laboratories DLB.N : up 3.8%
BUZZ-To benefit from its expanded penetration - Brokerage urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ4KF
** Beyond Meat Inc BYND.O : down 6.1%
BUZZ-Drops as Goldman says "sell", slashes PT to $39 on virus impact
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2BJ21A
** SunPower Corp SPWR.O : down 4.5%
BUZZ-Drops after withdrawing forecast, hiring freeze urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ4NR
** Comcast Corp CMCSA.O : up 5.6%
BUZZ-Wells Fargo lowers forecast, but positive on co's broadband business
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ4O5
** ViacomCBS Inc VIACA.O : down 3.9%
BUZZ-Slips after parent company inks deal with lenders to amend borrowing terms
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ4O7
** CP Rail CP.N : up 5.0%
BUZZ-Rises as Evercore ISI initiates coverage with 'outperform' urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BJ4NY
The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
Communication Services .SPLRCL up 3.92%
Consumer Discretionary .SPLRCD up 2.90%
Consumer Staples .SPLRCS up 3.39%
Energy .SPNY up 2.55%
Financial .SPSY up 4.19%
Health .SPXHC up 4.53%
Industrial .SPLRCI up 4.34%
Information Technology .SPLRCT up 3.99%
Materials .SPLRCM up 2.61%
Real Estate .SPLRCR up 4.19%
Utilities .SPLRCU up 6.84%
(Compiled by Ayanti Bera in Bengaluru)
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