U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Walmart, Weight Watchers, Intercept Pharma, Mattel

Art's Way Manufacturing

19/02/2019 14:59

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U.S. stocks opened lower on Tuesday after rallying strongly last week, as
investors focused on the latest round of trade talks between the United States
and China. .N 
    At 9:34 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average  .DJI  was down 0.11 percent at
25,854.35. The S&P 500  .SPX  was down 0.20 percent at 2,770.09 and the Nasdaq
Composite  .IXIC  was down 0.13 percent at 7,462.459.
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PG.INX  percentage gainers:
 ** Advance Auto Parts Inc  AAP.N , up 3.9 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBw19vg0La
 ** Walmart Inc  WMT.N , up 3.4 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3I5
 ** Western Digital Corp  WDC.O , up 2.3 pct
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PL.INX  percentage losers:
 ** Mattel Inc  MAT.O , down 4.8 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20A4QT
 ** Allegion PLC  ALLE.N , down 4.5 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBw48n6ZTa
 ** Noble Energy Inc  NBL.N , down 2.6 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3LZ
 
 The top three NYSE  .PG.N  percentage gainers:
 ** eHi Car Services Ltd  EHIC.N , up 13.6 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN20E0EK
 ** Kraton Corp  KRA.N , up 10.4 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN20E0C9
 ** Superior Energy Services Inc  SPN.N , up 10.8 pct
 
 The top three NYSE  .PL.N  percentage losers:
 ** Service Corporation International  SCI.N , down 9.2 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn6d8nXWa
 ** NCI Building Systems Inc  NCS.N , down 8.3 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN20E0H7
 ** Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc  HLX.N , down 8.2 pct
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PG.O  percentage gainers:
 ** Art's Way manufacturing Co Inc  ARTW.O , up 78.2 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN20E0G6
 ** Riot Blockchain Inc  RIOT.O , up 19.6 pct
 ** MediciNova Inc  MNOV.O , up 16.6 pct
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PL.O  percentage losers:
 ** Uniti Group Inc  UNIT.O , down 43.3 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3G9
 ** Motif Bio PLC  MTFB.O , down 22.1 pct 
 ** Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd  GRIN.O , down 9.4 pct
 
 
 ** Walmart Inc  WMT.N  : up 3.4 pct
 BUZZ-Walmart: Adds to gains on Q4 EPS beat, dividend hike  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3I5
 
 ** Weight Watchers International Inc  WTW.O : down 7.8 pct
 BUZZ-Weight Watchers: JPM downgrades as daily active users continue to
fall urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E370
 
 ** Windstream Holdings Inc  WIN.O  : down 63.8 pct
 ** Uniti Group Inc  UNIT.O , down 43.3 pct 
 BUZZ-Windstream Holdings: Poised for record low on surprise litigation loss
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3G9
 
 ** NetEase Inc  NTES.O   : up 4.1 pct
 ** Amazon.com Inc  AMZN.O  : up 0.3 pct
 BUZZ-NetEase: Up on report of Amazon interest in e-commerce unit  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3QE
 
 ** Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc  ICPT.O  : up 11.8 pct
 BUZZ-Surges after liver drug succeeds late-stage study  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3QO
  
 ** Navient Corporation  NAVI.O  : up 6.1 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 3.7 pct
 ** Frontier Communications Corporation  FTR.O  : down 3.0 pct
 BUZZ-Raymond James downgrades Consolidated Communications, Frontier
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3W6
     
 ** KLA-Tencor Corporation  KLAC.O  : up 1.4 pct
 ** Orbotech Ltd  ORBK.O  : up 5.3 pct
 BUZZ-KLA-Tencor, Orbotech gain on China clearance for merger  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E3YE
 
 ** PG&E Corp  PCG.N : up 4.8 pct
 BUZZ-Jumps as Citi hits 'buy' on hopes of California legislation  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E41W
 
 ** Bioblast Pharma Ltd  ORPN.O : up 40.9 pct
 BUZZ-Jumps on sale of drug to treat rare genetic diseases  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20E41Z
 
    
    
 The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
 
 Communication Services   .SPLRCL   down 0.17 pct
 Consumer Discretionary   .SPLRCD   up 0.01 pct
 Consumer Staples         .SPLRCS   up 0.16 pct
 Energy                   .SPNY     down 0.39 pct
 Financial                .SPSY     down 0.61 pct
 Health                   .SPXHC    down 0.04 pct
 Industrial               .SPLRCI   down 0.47 pct
 Information Technology   .SPLRCT   down 0.10 pct
 Materials                .SPLRCM   down 0.37 pct
 Real Estate              .SPLRCR   down 0.03 pct
 Utilities                .SPLRCU   down 0.15 pct
 
 (Compiled by Soundarya J and  Arundhati Sarkar in Bengaluru)
 ((soundarya.j@thomsonreuters.com; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780, outside U.S. +91
80 6749 2153; Reuters Messaging: soundarya.j.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))