U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Medtronic, NorthWestern Energy, GM

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19/08/2025 16:53

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The blue-chip Dow briefly hit a record high on Tuesday, aided by a rise in Home Depot's shares after the retailer kept its annual forecasts intact, while caution dominated the overall mood ahead of a Federal Reserve conference later in the week. .N

At  1130 EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 0.20% at 45,001.04.The S&P 500 .SPX was down 0.28% at 6,431.40, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 0.96% at 21,421.59.

The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:

** Intel Corp INTC.OQ, up 7.5%

** Prologis Inc PLD.N, up 4.7%

** J B Hunt Transport Services Inc JBHT.OQ, up 4.4%

The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:

** Palantir Technologies Inc PLTR.OQ, down 5.6%

** Medtronic PLC MDT.N, down 4.2%

** Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD.OQ, down 3.8%

The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:

** Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc PLYM.N, up 50.4%

** DHI Group Inc DHX.N, up 13.5%

** Scully Royalty Ltd SRL.N, up 13.5%

The top three NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:

** SFL Corporation Ltd SFL.N, down 13.9%

** Zepp Health Corp ZEPP.N, down 11.0%

** Fabrinet FN.N, down 10.2%

The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:

** PainReform Ltd PRFX.OQ, up 87.3%

** Gaxos.ai Inc. GXAI.OQ, up 76.4%

** Laser Photonics Corp LASE.OQ, up 61.8%

The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:

** Viking Therapeutics Inc VKTX.OQ, down 43.9%

** Thumzup Media Corp TZUP.OQ, down 42.2%

** LM Funding America Inc LMFA.OQ, down 41.3%

** Intel Corp :
BUZZ - Shares rise premarket as SoftBank investment chips in  nL4N3UB0E7

** Palo Alto Networks Inc :
BUZZ - Shares rally on upbeat revenue forecast  nL4N3UB0GR

** Merck & Co Inc :
BUZZ - Barclays cuts Merck to 'equal weight', cites multiple risks ahead of CMD  nL8N3UB06G

** Home Depot Inc :
BUZZ - Slips after quarterly results miss on muted spending  nL6N3UB0GB

** Medtronic PLC :
BUZZ - To add directors after Elliott takes large stake, shares rise  nL4N3UB0KV

** TeraWulf Inc :
BUZZ - Eases after upsized $850 mln convertible debt sale following Google deal  nL6N3UB0I5

** Viking Therapeutics Inc :
BUZZ - Plunges after oral obesity pill data misses expectations  nL4N3UB0YL

** Peabody Energy Corp :
BUZZ - Rises after terminating planned acquisition with Anglo American  nL3N3PJ1I8

** Black Hills Corp :
BUZZ - Falls on deal to acquire NorthWestern Energy for $3.6 billion  nL4N3UB0QG

** General Motors Co :
BUZZ - Wedbush lifts GM PT on better tariff mitigation strategy  nL4N3UB0R9

** Caterpillar Inc :
BUZZ - Rises after Evercore lifts rating, PT  nL4N3UB0Q6

** Tegna Inc :
BUZZ - Rises after agreeing to $3.54 bln takeover by Nexstar  nL4N3UB0R0

** Old Republic International Corp :
BUZZ - Rises on new $750 mln buyback plan  nL4N3UB0S4

** Alliant Energy Corp :
BUZZ - Jefferies raises Alliant Energy PT on data center growth, strong profit outlook  nL4N3UB0MZ

** PTC Therapeutics Inc :
BUZZ - Falls after FDA declines to approve genetic disorder drug  nL4N3UB0TK

** Evolent Health Inc :
BUZZ - Edges down after $145 mln convertible debt offering  nL6N3UB0KN

** Aurora Innovation Inc :
BUZZ - Down after Kerrisdale Capital discloses short position  nL4N3UB0X4

** BiomX Inc :
BUZZ - Falls after US FDA places genetic disorder treatment study on hold  nL4N3UB0YA

** NorthWestern Energy Group Inc :
BUZZ - Gains on $3.6 billion buyout offer from Black Hills  nL4N3UB0Y1

** Opera Ltd :
BUZZ - Falls after weaker Q2 profit  nL4N3UB0WP

** Prologis Inc :
BUZZ - Climbs after Mizuho upgrades to 'outperform'  nL6N3UB0NK

Index RIC
Index name
Percent change %
.SPX
S&P 500
-0.46
.SPLRCT
S&P 500 Information Technology
-1.35
.SPLRCU
S&P 500 Utilities
0.39
.SPLRCD
S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary
-0.09
.SPLRCM
S&P 500 Materials
0.3
.SPLRCI
S&P 500 Industrials
0.22
.SPLRCL
S&P 500 Communication Services (Sector)
-1.38
.SPSY
S&P 500 Financials
0.02
.SPLRCR
S&P 500 Real Estate
1.14
.SPXHC
S&P 500 Health Care
0.5
.SPLRCS
S&P 500 Consumer Staples
0.74
.SPNY
S&P 500 Energy
-0.27

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Kritika Lamba)

 ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))