U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Vaccine makers, SeaChange, Voya Financial, BiondVax

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22/12/2021 15:41

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U.S. stock indexes struggled for direction on Wednesday, cooling off after a
day-earlier rally, as worries lingered around the Omicron variant of the
coronavirus and its impact on global economic recovery.  .N 
    At 10:12 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average  .DJI  was up 0.13% at
35,538.52. The S&P 500  .SPX  was up 0.15% at 4,655.99 and the Nasdaq Composite
 .IXIC  was up 0.02% at 15,344.069.
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PG.INX  percentage gainers:
 ** Paychex Inc  PAYX.O , up 5.3%
 ** Tesla Inc  TSLA.O , up 4.2%
 ** Live Nation Entertainment Inc  LYV.N , up 2.9%
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PL.INX  percentage losers:
 ** Moderna Inc  MRNA.O , down 5.3%
 ** FactSet Research Systems Inc  FDS.N , down 3.5%
 ** CarMax Inc  KMX.N , down 3.3%
 
 The top three NYSE  .PG.N  percentage gainers:
 ** Vertical Aerospace Ltd  EVTL.N , up 65.7%
 ** Signa Sports United NV  SSU.N , up 18.3%
 ** Titan International Inc  TWI.N , up 8.4%
 
 The top two NYSE  .PL.N  percentage losers:
 ** Rockley Photonics Holdings Limited  RKLY.N , down 18.4%
 ** AeroCentury Corp  ACY.N , down 12%
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PG.O  percentage gainers:
 ** BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd  BVXV.O , up 129.1%
 ** SeaChange International Inc  SEAC.O , up 42.5%
 ** Red Cat Holdings Inc  RCAT.O , up 41.5%
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PL.O  percentage losers:
 ** Allakos Inc  ALLK.O , down 87.8%
 ** CalAmp Corp  CAMP.O , down 26.8%
 ** AgileThought Inc  AGIL.O , down 25.5%
 
 
 

    
    
    ** BioRestorative Therapies Inc  BRTX.O : up 17.1%
 BUZZ-BioRestorative Therapies jumps after CRO agreement for spinal disease
therapy  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T63J8
     
    
    ** CalAmp Corp  CAMP.O : down 26.8%
 BUZZ-CalAmp set to open at over 1-year low after surprise loss  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72MG
     
    
    ** Biogen Inc  BIIB.O : down 0.8%
 BUZZ-Biogen slips as Japan ministry says Alzheimer's drug difficult to assess
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T728I
       
    
    ** Abbott Laboratories  ABT.N : up 0.9%
 BUZZ-Abbott to gain from procedure recovery, COVID-19 testing in 2022- JPM
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72A1
       
    
    ** Darden Restaurants Inc  DRI.N : up 1.3%
 BUZZ-Stifel upgrades Darden Restaurants to 'buy', expects co to outperform
peers  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72B2
       
    
    ** Reliance Global Group Inc  RELI.O : down 18.3%
 BUZZ-Reliance Global falls on deal to acquire Medigap Health Insurance
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72BZ
      
    
    ** Red Cat Holdings Inc  RCAT.O : up 41.5%
 BUZZ-Drone tech co Red Cat climbs on $90 mln U.S. defense contract  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72C6
     
    
    ** Adagio Therapeutics Inc  ADGI.O : down 17.4%
 BUZZ-Adagio slips as Jefferies cuts rating on COVID-19 drug uncertainty
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72CT
    
    
    ** Alibaba Group Holding Ltd  BABA.N : down 4.3%
 BUZZ- Alibaba slides as China suspends contract with Cloud division
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T62YR
      
    
    ** Tesla Inc  TSLA.O : up 4.2%
 BUZZ- Tesla's Musk sells more shares, stock gains  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T7237
    
    
    ** BlackBerry Limited  BB.N : down 5.7%
 BUZZ-Blackberry slips despite strong Q3 results  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72DH
    
    
    ** CONMED Corporation  CNMD.N : up 0.7%
 BUZZ-CONMED has potential for multiple beat-and-raise quarters, says JPM
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72EO
    
    
    ** Canopy Growth Corporation  CGC.O : down 3.1%
 BUZZ-Canopy Growth slips as BofA downgrades to 'underperform'  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72FZ
    
    
    ** Allakos Inc  ALLK.O : down 87.8%
 BUZZ-Allakos crashes after mixed data from lead drug trial  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72GW
    
    
    ** Caterpillar Inc  CAT.N : up 2.3%
 BUZZ-Caterpillar to be biggest beneficiary of easing Chinese monetary policy-
Bernstein  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72G1
    
    
    ** AGCO Corporation  AGCO.K : down 0.7%
 BUZZ-Bernstein cuts AGCO, says agri equipment cycle likely to peak in 2022
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72H6
    
    
    ** Acasti Pharma Inc  ACST.O : up 26.9%
 BUZZ-Oppenheimer bullish on Acasti's pipeline after Grace Therapeutics buyout
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72H5
    
    
    ** Cocrystal Pharma Inc  COCP.O : up 6.1%
 BUZZ-Cocrystal Pharma jumps as antivirals effective against Omicron in lab
studies  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72L3
    
    
    ** BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd  BVXV.O : up 129.1%
 BUZZ-BiondVax to develop nanosized COVID-19 antibody therapy, shares gain
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72LM
    
    
    ** Voya Financial Inc  VOYA.N : up 5.6%
 BUZZ-Voya Financial set to enter S&P MidCap 400; shares rise  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72N3
    
    
    ** Paychex Inc  PAYX.O : up 5.3%
 BUZZ-Paychex eyes record high on annual forecast raise, Q2 beat  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72MW
    
    
    ** SeaChange International Inc  SEAC.O : up 42.5%
 BUZZ-SeaChange surges on reverse merger deal with social video app Triller
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72PX
    
    
    ** Moderna Inc  MRNA.O : down 5.3%
    ** Novavax Inc  NVAX.O : down 3.4%
    ** Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc  INO.O : down 2.6%
    ** BioNTech SE  BNTX.O : down 3.1%
 BUZZ-Vaccine makers slide in December as investors assess Omicron risk
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2T72ML
    

 The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
 
 Communication Services   .SPLRCL   up 0.10%
 Consumer Discretionary   .SPLRCD   up 0.76%
 Consumer Staples         .SPLRCS   down 0.19%
 Energy                   .SPNY     down 0.12%
 Financial                .SPSY     up 0.26%
 Health                   .SPXHC    up 0.06%
 Industrial               .SPLRCI   up 0.15%
 Information Technology   .SPLRCT   flat
 Materials                .SPLRCM   up 0.12%
 Real Estate              .SPLRCR   up 0.35%
 Utilities                .SPLRCU   down 0.05%
 
 (Compiled by Oishee Majumdar in Bengaluru)
 ((oishee.majumdar@thomsonreuters.com))