U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Acorda Therapeutics, Exxon Mobil, Timber Pharma, Marker Therapeutics

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13/01/2021 15:21

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Wall Street's main indexes opened flat on Wednesday, as investors digested a
recent rally to record highs on bets of a snap-back in economic activity fueled
by more fiscal stimulus and vaccine rollouts.  .N 
    At 9:37 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average  .DJI  was up 0.05% at
31,085.16. The S&P 500  .SPX  was up 0.05% at 3,803.1 and the Nasdaq Composite
 .IXIC  was up 0.15% at 13,092.092.
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PG.INX  percentage gainers:
 ** Intel Corp  INTC.O , up 10%
 ** General Motors  GM.N , up 4%
 ** D.R. Horton Inc  DHI.N , up 3.6%
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PL.INX  percentage losers:
 ** Gap Inc  GPS.N , down 4.9%
 ** Automatic Data Processinga  ADP.O , down 3.8%
 ** TechnipFMC Plc  FTI.N , down 3.4%
 
 The top three NYSE  .PG.N  percentage gainers:
 ** Volt Information Sciences  VOLT.N , up 33.2%
 ** Zedge Inc  ZDGE.N , up 16.5%
 ** ARC Document Solutions Inc  ARC.N , up 11.6%
 
 The top three NYSE  .PL.N  percentage losers:
 ** Big Lots Inc  BIG.N , down 8.5%
 ** Daqo New Energy  DQ.N , down 7.5%
 ** Charah Solutions Inc  CHRA.N , down 5.8%
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PG.O  percentage gainers:
 ** Live Ventures Incorporated  LIVE.O , up 138.3%
 ** Acorda Therapeutics  ACOR.O , up 55.7%
 ** Qilian International Holding Group Ltd   QLI.O , up 54.6%
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PL.O  percentage losers:
 ** Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corp Ltd   APWC.O , down 22%
 ** Provention Bio  PRVB.O , down 16.9%
 ** Acutus Medical Inc  AFIB.O , down 15.4%
 
 
   ** Exxon Mobil  XOM.N : up 0.7%
 BUZZ-Up as JPM upgrades to 'overweight' for first time in seven years
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO31F
 
 ** Provention Bio  PRVB.O  : down 16.9%
 BUZZ-Provention Bio drops on planned equity offering  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JO1FN
 
 ** Acorda  ACOR.O  : up 55.7%
 BUZZ-Surges on sale of manufacturing facility, restructuring plans  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO2Z5
 
 ** Twitter Inc  TWTR.N  : up 2.3%
 ** SNAP Inc  SNAP.N  : up 0.4%
 ** Pinterest Inc  PINS.N  : up 0.2%
  BUZZ-MKM Partners bullish on social media stocks for 2021; upgrades Twitter
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO2UI
 
 ** Visa  V.N  : up 0.8%
 ** Mastercard  MA.N  : up 1.3%
 BUZZ-Visa, Mastercard well positioned in 2021 - Jefferies  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO2TK
  
 ** Urban Outfitters  URBN.O  : down 6.5%
 BUZZ-Slides on weak holiday sales, unit's CEO exit  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JN3SP
 
 ** Farmer Bros Co  FARM.O  : up 9.4%
 BUZZ-Climbs on deal to distribute High Brew Coffee products  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JN3XT
  
 ** KB Home  KBH.N  : up 6.5%
 BUZZ-Rises as housing demand fuels revenue beat  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JN3XU
 
 ** Marathon Patent Group  MARA.O  : down 11.9%
 BUZZ-Down on discounted share offering  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO2CK
 
 ** Timber Pharma  TMBR.N : up 9.4%
 BUZZ-Jumps on orphan drug tag for systemic sclerosis treatment  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO2ET
 
 ** Alibaba  BABA.N : up 1.3%
 BUZZ-Alibaba rises, Primavera chairman says Jack Ma 'safe and sound'
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO2GG
 
 ** Apple Inc  AAPL.O  : up 0.7%
 BUZZ-Rises as brokerage sees record iPhone sales in FY 2021  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO2O4
 
 ** Zoom Video Communications Inc  ZM.O  : up 0.4%
 BUZZ-Zoom ticks higher after pricing upsized $1.75 bln equity offering
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JO129
  
 ** Take-Two  TTWO.O  : down 0.5%
 BUZZ-Down after brokerage downgrades on unclear FY22 growth  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO2UA
 
 ** Marinus  MRNS.O  : up 5.9%
 BUZZ-Rises on positive FDA response for data on rare genetic disorder therapy
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO2VG
 
 ** Target Corp  TGT.N  : down 1.3%
 BUZZ-Gains on strong comparable sales during holiday period  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO2VO
 
 ** Lordstown Motors  RIDE.O  : up 3.2%
 BUZZ-Lordstown Motors in advanced talks for U.S. loan for EV truck factory;
shares up  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO2V8
 
 ** Marker Therapeutics  MRKR.O  : up 7.4%
 BUZZ-Up on completing new manufacturing facility to help cancer pipeline
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO2YL
 
 ** Wintrust Financial  WTFC.O  : up 0.2%
 BUZZ-Piper Sandler sees catalysts for valuation expansion; upgrades
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO2WN
 
 ** Affimed N.V  AFMD.O : down 0.2%
 BUZZ-Affimed falls on $100 mln stock deal  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JO189
 
 ** Hoth Therapeutics  HOTH.O  : up 6.3%
 BUZZ-Jumps as FDA to give feedback for cancer therapy trial  USN 
 
 ** Reed's  REED.O  : up 3.3%
 BUZZ-Gains as higher demand for natural beverages boosts sales  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO2ZC
 
 ** Boeing Co  BA.N  : down 1.0%
 BUZZ-JPM says Boeing's 787 may face another production rate cut in 2021
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO300
 
  ** Big Lots  BIG.N  : down 8.5%
 BUZZ-Falls on lower-than-expected Q4 profit outlook  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO305
 
  ** Orbital Energy  OEG.O  : down 3.4%
 BUZZ-Orbital Energy drops after pricing stock offering at a discount
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JO31C
    
 The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
 
 Communication Services   .SPLRCL   down 0.30%
 Consumer Discretionary   .SPLRCD   up 0.35%
 Consumer Staples         .SPLRCS   down 0.11%
 Energy                   .SPNY     down 0.78%
 Financial                .SPSY     down 0.26%
 Health                   .SPXHC    down 0.06%
 Industrial               .SPLRCI   down 0.32%
 Information Technology   .SPLRCT   up 0.37%
 Materials                .SPLRCM   down 0.23%
 Real Estate              .SPLRCR   up 0.95%
 Utilities                .SPLRCU   up 0.46%
 
 (Compiled by Lasya Priya M in Bengaluru)
 ((LasyaPriya.M@thomsonreuters.com))