U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-CureVac, railroad operators, oil cos, Best Buy

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10/12/2020 14:15

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Wall Street's main indexes were set to open lower on Thursday as a jump in
weekly jobless claims suggested a stalling recovery in the labor market, while
negotiations over fresh economic stimulus dragged on.  .N 
    At 08:57 ET, Dow e-minis  1YMc1  were down 0.22% at 29,997. S&P 500 e-minis
 ESc1  were down 0.48% at 3,655, while Nasdaq 100 e-minis  NQc1  were down 0.78%
at 12,270.
 
 The top three NYSE percentage gainers premarket  .PRPG.NQ :
 ** Leju Holdings Ltd  LEJU.N , up 28.7%
 ** Argan Inc  AGX.N , up 17.8%
 ** Cypress Environmental Partners LP  CELP.N , up 17.2%
 
 The top three NYSE percentage losers premarket  .PRPL.NQ :
 ** Leaf Group Ltd  LEAF.N , down 20.5%
 ** Brookfield Finance I PLC  BAMI.N , down 19.2%
 ** Kontoor Brand Inc  KTB.N , down 14.1%
 
 The top two Nasdaq percentage gainers premarket  .PRPG.O :
 ** Immutep Ltd  IMMP.O , up 169.0%
 ** Neos Therapeutics Inc  NEOS.O , up 59.0%
 
 The top three Nasdaq percentage losers premarket  .PRPL.O :
 ** Newborn Acquisition Corp  NBACR.O , down 31.3%
 ** Oncternal Therapeutics Inc  ONCT.O , down 25.6%
 ** Geovax Labs Inc  GOVX.O , down 24.4%
 
 
 
 ** CureVac NV  CVAC.O : down 9.6% premarket
 ** Moderna Inc  MRNA.O : down 2.0% premarket
 ** Pfizer Inc  PFE.N : up 0.3% premarket
 BUZZ-CureVac: Falls as CS says vaccine could struggle to match competitors
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2IQ2QX
 
 ** CSX Corp  CSX.O : down 1.8% premarket
 ** Union Pacific Corp  UNP.N : down 0.2% premarket
 BUZZ-Evercore sees railroad operators on sound footing, raises PTs  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2IQ2S7
 
 ** Chevron Corp  CVX.N : up 0.5% premarket
 ** Exxon Mobil Corp  XOM.N : up 0.4% premarket
 ** Occidental Petroleum Corp  OXY.N : up 0.6% premarket
 BUZZ-J.P. Morgan sees potential upside for oil stocks in 2021  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2IQ2W2
 
 ** Qiwi Plc  QIWI.O : down 7.6% premarket
 BUZZ-Falls as Russia's central bank introduces certain restrictions to part of
its operations  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2IQ1N8
 
 ** Oncternal Therapeutics Inc  ONCT.O : down 25.6% premarket
 BUZZ-Falls on discounted share offering  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2IQ293
 
 ** Xenetic Biosciences Inc  XBIO.O : down 22.4% premarket
 BUZZ-Drops on discounted $6 mln share placement deal  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2IQ2FA
 
 ** Asana Inc  ASAN.O : up 13.5% premarket
 BUZZ-Jumps as brokerages hike PTs after upbeat forecast  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2IQ2CV
 
 ** Editas Medicine Inc  EDIT.O : up 9.7% premarket
 BUZZ-Jumps as Wells Fargo upgrades to 'overweight', raises PT  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2IQ2JK
 
 ** Host Hotels & Resorts Inc  HST.O : down 1.2% premarket
 BUZZ-Compass Point raises PT, sees positive earnings in Q3 2021  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2IQ2LW
 
 ** AquaBounty Technologies Inc  AQB.O : down 20.5% premarket
 BUZZ-Dives on planned stock offering  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2IQ0TK
 
 ** Genasys Inc  GNSS.O : up 1.8% premarket
 BUZZ-Gains on higher Q4 revenue  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2IQ2I6
 
 ** TG Therapeutics Inc  TGTX.O : up 13.6% premarket
 BUZZ-Gains after MS drug meets main goal in late-stage studies  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2IQ2RU
 
 ** Academy Sports and Outdoors  ASO.O : up 5.0% premarket
 BUZZ-Surges on Q3 profit, revenue beat  USN 
 
 ** Ciena Corp  CIEN.N : down 2.1% premarket
 BUZZ-Down as Q4 profit misses estimates  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2IQ2PD
 
 ** Best Buy Co Inc  BBY.N : down 2.7% premarket
 BUZZ-Down as Goldman Sachs downgrades to 'sell' rating on 'tough' 2021
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2IQ2T3
 
 ** Silver Spike Acquisition Corp  SSPK.O : up 34.1% premarket
 BUZZ-Surges on SPAC deal to take Weedmaps public  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2IQ13R
 
 ** Aytu BioScience Inc  AYTU.O : up 2.6% premarket
 BUZZ-Rises on merger deal with Neos Therapeutics  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2IQ2WC

 (Compiled by Trisha Roy in Bengaluru)
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