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The Dow and the S&P 500 indexes gained on Wednesday, helped by gains in
industrial and defensive names, while investors awaited minutes from the Federal
Reserve's meeting after the central bank took a more hawkish tone last month.
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At 12:25 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 0.19% at
34,644.77. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 0.31% at 4,356.8 and the Nasdaq Composite
.IXIC was up 0.15% at 14,685.624.
The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** Nucor Corp NUE.N , up 3.3%
** Clorox Co CLX.N , up 3.1%
** Carmax Inc KMX.N , up 2.9%
The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** MarketAxess Holdings Inc MKTX.O , down 5.8%
** Xilinx Inc XLNX.O , down 4.1%
** Micron Technology Inc MU.O , down 3.5%
The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:
** Peabody Energy Corp BTU.N , up 23.3%
** X Financial XYF.N , up 15.6%
** Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co Ltd BHVN.N , up 13.7%
The top NYSE .PL.N percentage losers
** Birks Group Inc BGI.N , down 12.7%
** Ocean Power Technologies Inc OPTT.N , down 12.5%
The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** Newegg Commerce Inc NEGG.O , up 100%
** Data Storage Corp DTSTW.O , up 81%
** Data Storage Corp DTST.O , up 38.3%
The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** Orbsat Corp OSATW.O , down 27.2%
** Bridgeline Digital Inc BLIN.O , down 26.2%
** Pop Culture Group Co Ltd CPOP.O , down 25.5%
** Ellington Financial Inc EFC.N : down 4.0%
BUZZ-Ellington Financial falls after pricing downsized stock deal urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2OJ0LE
** Dare Bioscience Inc DARE.O : up 29.9%
BUZZ-Dare Bioscience jumps on new grant for contraceptive technology
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ2LP
** DMY Technology Group DMYQ.N : up 1.4%
BUZZ-DMY Technology Group to take Planet Labs public in $2.8 bln deal, shares
rise urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ2NQ
** Athena Technology Acquisition Corp ATHN.N : up 2.7%
BUZZ-Athena Tech jumps on merger with Heliogen urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ2T3
** MSC Industrial Direct Co MSM.N : up 0.6%
BUZZ-MSC Industrial rises on Q3 results beat urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ2UA
** Didi Global Inc DIDI.N : down 5.3%
BUZZ-Didi Global extends losses after Chinese regulatory shock urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ2V1
** Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O : up 1.0%
BUZZ-Amazon set to rise for third straight session after Pentagon scraps JEDI
award to Microsoft urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ2VL
** Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd BHVN.N : up 13.7%
BUZZ-Biohaven set for record high on strong prelim sales of migraine drug
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ2YD
** Ideaya Biosciences Inc IDYA.O : down 20.8%
BUZZ-Ideaya Biosciences tumbles on $80 mln stock offering plans urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2OJ0YW
** Vivos Therapeutics Inc VVOS.O : up 6.4%
BUZZ-Vivos Therapeutics surges as dental treatment shows promise for sleep
apnea urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ324
** Manhattan Bridge Capital Inc LOAN.O : down 15.5%
BUZZ-Mortgage REIT Manhattan Bridge falls on equity offering urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2OJ11R
** Oasis Petroleum Inc OAS.O : up 1.9%
BUZZ-Oasis Petroleum up as RBC upgrades to 'outperform', raises PT urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ327
** Jaguar Health Inc JAGX.O : up 8.7%
BUZZ-Jaguar Health gains after Cantor starts coverage with "overweight"
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ36L
** Acurx Pharmaceuticals Inc ACXP.O : up 0.9%
BUZZ-Acurx rises on filing patent application for bacterial infection therapy
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ37W
** KBR Inc KBR.N : up 0.8%
BUZZ-KBR Inc gains on $531 mln contract win for Aerodyne joint venture
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ38W
** MarketAxess Holdings Inc MKTX.O : down 5.8%
BUZZ-MarketAxess slumps after trading volume update, analyst PT cuts
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2OJ1AY
** Welbilt Inc WBT.N : down 0.6%
BUZZ-Welbilt agrees to Ali Group's revised $3.41 bln buyout offer urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ3BY
** Xpeng Inc XPEV.N : down 6.2%
BUZZ-EV maker Xpeng down after shares close flat in HK debut urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ3EQ
** Twitter Inc TWTR.N : down 1.1%
** Facebook Inc FB.O : down 0.2%
BUZZ-Facebook, Twitter down as Donald Trump sues urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ3EY
** Eos Energy Enterprises Inc EOSE.O : up 3.4%
BUZZ-Eos Energy surges on $100 mln Koch investment urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2OJ1PU
** Tenax Therapeutics Inc TENX.O : down 3.8%
BUZZ-Tenax Therapeutics down as CEO retires urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ3GF
** Trade Desk Inc TTD.O : up 3.1%
BUZZ-Trade Desk up after launching trading platform, venture capital unit
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ36C
** NGM Biopharma NGM.O : up 1.6%
BUZZ-NGM Biopharma rises on starting early stage study for cancer therapy
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2OJ3HE
The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
Communication Services .SPLRCL down 0.04%
Consumer Discretionary .SPLRCD up 0.19%
Consumer Staples .SPLRCS up 0.79%
Energy .SPNY down 1.46%
Financial .SPSY up 0.11%
Health .SPXHC up 0.15%
Industrial .SPLRCI up 0.83%
Information Technology .SPLRCT up 0.40%
Materials .SPLRCM up 0.81%
Real Estate .SPLRCR up 0.38%
Utilities .SPLRCU up 0.40%
(Compiled by Tiyashi Datta)