U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE- Snap Inc, Nikola, Astrotech Corp

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21/10/2020 16:58

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The S&P 500 climbed on Wednesday helped by gains in internet companies Facebook
and Alphabet, while investors waited for signs that Washington could be close to
agreeing on the next coronavirus aid package to support a fragile economic
recovery.  .N 
    At 11:44 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average  .DJI  was up 0.03% at
28,317.75. The S&P 500  .SPX  was down 0.10% at 3,439.52 and the Nasdaq
Composite  .IXIC  was up 0.15% at 11,533.692.
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PG.INX  percentage gainers:
 ** Twitter Inc  TWTR.N , up 7.7 %
 ** Chubb Ltd  CB.N , up 5.6 %
 ** Teradyne Inc  TER.O , up 4.7 %
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PL.INX  percentage losers:
 ** Netflix Inc  NFLX.O , down 6.2 %
 ** Etsy Inc  ETSY.O , down 6.1 %
 ** KeyCorp  KEY.N , down 5.4 %
 
 The top three NYSE  .PG.N  percentage gainers:
 ** Snap Inc   SNAP.N , up 35.1 %
 ** Calix Inc  CALX.N , up 26.6 %
 ** China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd  CHU.N , up 11.8 %
 
 The top three NYSE  .PL.N  percentage losers:
 ** Weidai Ltd  WEI.N , down 54.6 %
 ** Armstrong Flooring Inc  AFI.N , down 28.5 %
 ** GSX Techedu Inc  GSX.N , down 27.5 %
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PG.O  percentage gainers:
 ** Marin Software Inc  MRIN.O , up 127.5 %
 ** Astrotech Corp  ASTC.O , up 102.4 %
 ** Puhui Wealth Investment Management Co Ltd  PHCF.O , up 27.8 %
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PL.O  percentage losers:
 ** KBL Merger Corp IV  KBLM.O , down 17.4 %
 ** Kaixin Auto Holdings  KXIN.O , down 16.6 %
 ** Hexindai Inc  HX.O , down 16.6 %
 
 
 
 
 ** Snap Inc  SNAP.N : up 35.1%
 BUZZ-Snap Inc: Surges on strong quarterly revenue, user growth  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HB4DS 
 
 ** Astrotech Corp  ASTC.O : up 102.4%
 BUZZ-Astrotech: Surges on deal to develop rapid COVID-19 breath test
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HB4H5 
    
 ** Pioneer Natural Resources Co  PXD.N : down 1.7%
 BUZZ-Pioneer Natural, Parsley Energy drop after $4.5 bln deal  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HB4O0 
    
 ** Lockheed Martin Corp  LMT.N : down 1.0%
 BUZZ-Street View: Lockheed Martin's future looks bright; F-16 skyline robust
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC1YI 
    
 ** Facebook Inc  FB.O : up 4.7%
 ** Twitter Inc  TWTR.N : up 7.7%
 ** Snap Inc  SNAP.N : up 35.1%
 ** Pinterest Inc  PINS.N : up 10.4%
 BUZZ-Social media cos up on Snap's strong Q3 revenue, user growth  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC2VH 
 
 ** Mosaic Co  MOS.N : up 1.1%
 BUZZ-Mosaic: Slips as Citi cuts PT on limited upside to phosphate import
duties urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC2X1 
 
 ** Procter & Gamble Co  PG.N : up 1.0%
 BUZZ-Street View: Procter & Gamble products likely to be in demand even in
2021 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC2TM 
 
 ** Sunrun Inc  RUN.O : down 6.1%
 BUZZ-Sunrun down after Morgan Stanley prices big block of shares  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2HC0O9 
 
 ** CRISPR Therapeutics  CRSP.O : down 13.8%
 BUZZ-CRISPR Therapeutics: Falls as co reports patient death in CAR-T cancer
therapy trial  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC359  
 
 ** Armstrong Flooring Inc  AFI.N : down 28.5%
 BUZZ-Armstrong Flooring: Slides on fall in Q3 net sales  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC36L 
 
 ** ManpowerGroup Inc  MAN.N : up 2.4%
 BUZZ-ManpowerGroup: JPM sees COVID-19 vaccine-led recovery in 2021, upgrades
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC2N9 
 
 ** Lithia Motors Inc  LAD.N : up 1.7%
 BUZZ-Lithia Motors: Gains after robust used-car sales drive profit beat
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC38U 
 
 ** Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc  PLAY.O : up 1.2%
 BUZZ-Dave & Buster's: Rises as Raymond James upgrades to 'strong buy'
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC37C 
    
 ** AutoNation Inc  AN.N : up 4.8%
 BUZZ-AutoNation surges on profit jump, share buyback plan  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC39I
 
 ** PayPal Holdings Inc  PYPL.O : up 3.6%
 BUZZ-PayPal rises on joining crypto market, Barclays PT raise  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC3D4
 
 ** PNM Resources Inc  PNM.N : up 8.3%
 BUZZ-PNM Resources: Jumps; Iberdrola offers $4.3 bln to create renewables giant
  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC3EA
    
 ** NetSol Technologies Inc  NTWK.O : up 6.3%
 BUZZ-NetSol Technologies: Up on launch of NFS Ascent Retail Platform
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC3ET
    
 ** Aptinyx Inc  APTX.O : down 6.8%
 BUZZ-Aptinyx falls on planned equity raise  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2HC0UX
 
 ** Titan Machinery Inc  TITN.O : up 5.2%
 BUZZ-Titan Machinery: Rises as William Blair upgrades to 'outperform' on strong
balance sheet  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC3DQ
 
 ** Baker Hughes  BKR.N : up 3.4%
 BUZZ-Baker Hughes: Climbs on Q3 revenue beat, cost cuts  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC2MG
    
 ** Casella Waste Systems Inc  CWST.O : down 6.8%
 BUZZ-Casella Waste Systems drops after pricing stock offering  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2HC0YD
    
 ** Selecta Biosciences Inc  SELB.O : up 23.4%
 BUZZ-Selecta Biosciences jumps on FDA rare pediatric disease designation for
drug  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC3GF
 
 ** Biogen Inc  BIIB.O : down 1.0%
 BUZZ-Biogen cuts full-year profit forecast, shares fall  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC3M7
 
 ** Slack Technologies Inc  WORK.N : down 5.8%
 BUZZ-Slack staggers after Morgan Stanley turns bearish on rising competition
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2HC14P
 
 ** Zosano Pharma Corp  ZSAN.O : down 30.4%
 BUZZ-Zosano Pharma: Plunges after FDA declines to approve migraine
treatment urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC3P7
 
 ** Nikola Corp  NKLA.O : up 10.1%
 BUZZ-Nikola Corp: Up after GM exec raises hopes of keeping deal alive
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HC3QL 
 
 

 The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
 
 Communication Services   .SPLRCL   up 1.60%
 Consumer Discretionary   .SPLRCD   down 0.49%
 Consumer Staples         .SPLRCS   up 0.35%
 Energy                   .SPNY     down 0.83%
 Financial                .SPSY     up 0.17%
 Health                   .SPXHC    down 0.25%
 Industrial               .SPLRCI   down 0.27%
 Information Technology   .SPLRCT   up 0.19%
 Materials                .SPLRCM   up 0.27%
 Real Estate              .SPLRCR   down 0.32%
 Utilities                .SPLRCU   down 0.05%
 
 (Compiled by Tiyashi Datta)
 ((tiyashi.datta@thomsonreuters.com))