U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Walmart, PG&E, Amazon, Mattel, Papa John's

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19/02/2019 16:57

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U.S. stocks struggled for direction on Tuesday as gains in Walmart offset losses
in financials, with trade talks between the United States and China in
focus. .N 
    At 11:38 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average  .DJI  was down 0.04 percent
at 25,872.19. The S&P 500  .SPX  was up 0.07 percent at 2,777.58 and the Nasdaq
Composite  .IXIC  was up 0.19 percent at 7,486.627.
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PG.INX  percentage gainers:
 ** Freeport-McMoRan Inc  FCX.N , up 6.7 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E4CB
 ** Centurylink Inc  CTL.N , up 4.3 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E4CT
 ** Walmart Inc  WMT.N , up 3.8 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3I5
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PL.INX  percentage losers:
 ** Electronic Art  EA.O , down 4 pct
 ** Allegion Plc  ALLE.N , down 3.4 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN20E08X
 ** International Flavors & Fragrances Inc  IFF.N , down 2.4 pct
 
 The top three NYSE  .PG.N  percentage gainers:
 ** Kraton Corp  KRA.N , up 27.9 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E4E8
 ** Ocwen Finl Corp  OCN.N , up 19.8 pct
 ** Superior Energy Services  SPN.N , up 19.3 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASB0183O
 
 The top three NYSE  .PL.N  percentage losers:
 ** Cootek (Cayman)  CTK.N , down 18 pct
 ** Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc  FDP.N , down 13.7 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN20E0LQ
 ** Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Idx Bear 3X Shs  JDST.N , down 10.7 pct
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PG.O  percentage gainers:
 ** Arts Way Mfg  ARTW.O , up 72 pct
 ** Riot Blockchain  RIOT.O , up 35.2 pct
 ** Phunware Inc  PHUN.O , up 22.5 pct
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PL.O  percentage losers:
 ** Uniti Group Inc  UNIT.O , down 36.9 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN20E0FQ
 ** Infrastructure And Energy Alternatives Inc  IEA.O , down 25.4 pct
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASB0184S
 ** Motif Bio Plc  MTFB.O , down 21.6 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASB0184S
 
 
 ** Walmart Inc  WMT.N  : up 3.8 pct
 BUZZ-Walmart: Adds to gains on Q4 EPS beat, dividend hike  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3I5
 
 ** PG&E Corp  PCG.N : up 13.1 pct
 BUZZ-Jumps as Citi hits 'buy' on hopes of California legislation  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E41W
 
 ** Bioblast Pharma Ltd  ORPN.O : up 43.5 pct
 BUZZ-Jumps on sale of drug to treat rare genetic diseases  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E41Z
 
 ** Papa John's International Inc  PZZA.O  : down 2.7 pct
 BUZZ-Papa John's cools as Stifel slices rating to "sell"  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N20E0LG 
 
  ** Mattel  MAT.O  : down 2.2 pct
 BUZZ-Extends losses; As Barbie goes, so goes stock, says Jefferies  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E4B7
 
 ** Southern Copper Corp  SCCO.N : up 5.9 pct
 BUZZ-Freeport, Southern Copper: 'Risk on for red metal' - Citi  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E4CB
 
 ** ArcelorMittal S.A.  MT.N : down 2.1 pct
 BUZZ-Offers to buy Indian power plant; U.S.-listed shares drop  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E4C7
 
 ** NetEase Inc  NTES.O   : up 1.8 pct
 ** Amazon.com Inc  AMZN.O  : up 1.0 pct
 BUZZ-NetEase: Up on report of Amazon interest in e-commerce unit  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3QE
 
 ** U.S. Silica Holdings Inc  SLCA.N : up 5.7 pct
 BUZZ-U.S. Silica up on Q4 results  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E43Q
 
 ** Weight Watchers International Inc  WTW.O : down 4.2 pct
 BUZZ-JPM downgrades as daily active users continue to fall  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E370
 
 ** XPO Logistics Inc  XPO.N : up 4.6 pct
 BUZZ-MS moves to sidelines after 3 years of 'overweight  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3AJ
 
 ** Windstream Holdings Inc  WIN.O  : down 59.9 pct
 ** BUZZ-Poised for record low on surprise litigation loss  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3G9
 
 ** Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc  ICPT.O  : up 8.3 pct
 BUZZ-Surges after liver drug succeeds late-stage study  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3QO
  
 ** Navient Corp  NAVI.O  : up 6.5 pct
 BUZZ-Jumps as rejected takeover bid puts student-loan Co in play  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3WG
 
 ** Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc  CNSL.O :down 3.0 pct
 ** Frontier Communications Corporation   FTR.O  : up 2.6 pct
 BUZZ-Raymond James downgrades Consolidated Communications, Frontier
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3W6
     
 ** KLA-Tencor Corp  KLAC.O  : up 0.2 pct
 ** Orbotech Ltd  ORBK.O  : up 4.7 pct
 BUZZ-KLA-Tencor, Orbotech gain on China clearance for merger  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3YE
 
 ** McDonald's Corp  MCD.N : up 0.2 pct
 BUZZ-Broker upgrades to 'overweight,' bullish on US business  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E4CW
 
 ** Art's-Way Manufacturing Co Inc  ARTW.O : up 72.0 pct
 BUZZ-Surges on contract win  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E4D3
    
 ** Livent Corp  LTHM.N : down 3.6 pct
 BUZZ-Nemaska Lithium, Livent: Tumble after ending supply agreement  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E4E4
 
 ** Kraton Corp  KRA.N : up 27.9 pct
 BUZZ-Surges on strategic review of unit, share buyback  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E4E8
  
 ** CenturyLink Inc  CTL.N : up 4.3 pct
 BUZZ-Jumps as shareholder blasts div cut, seeks board seat  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E4CT
  
 The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
 
 Communication Services   .SPLRCL   up 0.51 pct
 Consumer Discretionary   .SPLRCD   up 0.41 pct
 Consumer Staples         .SPLRCS   up 0.72 pct
 Energy                   .SPNY     down 0.18 pct
 Financial                .SPSY     down 0.22 pct
 Health                   .SPXHC    down 0.11 pct
 Industrial               .SPLRCI   down 0.26 pct
 Information Technology   .SPLRCT   down 0.08 pct
 Materials                .SPLRCM   up 0.42 pct
 Real Estate              .SPLRCR   up 0.21 pct
 Utilities                .SPLRCU   up 0.33 pct
 
 (Compiled By Arundhati Sarkar in Bengaluru)
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