U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-PayPal, Nikola, Ping Identity

Crawford & Co

03/08/2022 12:54

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U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday, with focus on services
activity data due later in the day after a report earlier this week amplified
economic slowdown worries, while PayPal gained on raising its profit forecast.
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    At 7:34 ET, Dow e-minis  1YMc1  were up 0.43% at 32,504. S&P 500 e-minis
 ESc1  were up 0.45% at 4,112, while Nasdaq 100 e-minis  NQc1  were up 0.41% at
12,977.75.
 
 The top three NYSE percentage gainers premarket  .PRPG.NQ :
 ** Ping Identity Holding Corp  PING.K , up 59.8%
 ** AMTD IDEA Group  AMTD.K , up 28.4%
 ** Crawford & Co  CRDb.K , up 23.2%
 
 The top three NYSE percentage losers premarket  .PRPL.NQ :
 ** Knowles Corp  KN , down 16.1%
 ** LL Flooring Holdings Inc  LL , down 14.7%
 ** Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc  APAM.K , down 12.6%
 
 The top three Nasdaq percentage gainers premarket  .PRPG.O :
 ** Helius Medical Technologies Inc  HSDT.O , up 210.6%
 ** Eargo Inc  EAR.O , up 157.0%
 ** Applied DNA Sciences Inc  APDN.O , up 77.5%
 
 The top three Nasdaq percentage losers premarket  .PRPL.O :
 ** COMSovereign Holding Corp (Warrant)  COMSW.O , down 36.3%
 ** Mmtec Inc  MTC.O , down 30.7%
 ** MDJM LTD  MDJH.O , down 26.9%
 
     
 ** NortonLifeLock Inc  NLOK.O : up 6.3% premarket
 BUZZ - Jumps as final hurdle cleared for $8.6 bln Avast buy  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZF23W
 
 ** Airbnb Inc  ABNB.O : down 7.2% premarket
 BUZZ - Falls after Q3 outlook disappoints  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZF25M
    
 ** PayPal Holdings Inc  PYPL.O : up 12.7% premarket
 BUZZ - Surges after Elliot's $2 bln stake, profit outlook raise  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZF26H
    
 ** Match Group Inc  MTCH.O : down 21.2% premarket
 BUZZ - Sinks as Tinder CEO steps down, Q3 forecast disappoints  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZF295
    
 ** Nikola Corp  NKLA.O : up 3.0% premarket
 BUZZ - Gains as investors approve proposal to increase number of shares
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZF2AG
    
 ** Solaredge Technologies Inc  SEDG.O : down 11.7% premarket
 BUZZ - Declines on downbeat Q2 results  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZF2AD
    
 ** AMTD Digital Inc  HKD.N : up 7.3% premarket
 ** AMTD IDEA Group  AMTD.N : up 28.4% premarket
 BUZZ - New meme stock on the block: AMTD Digital soars 12,000% in less than a
month  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZF27M
    
 ** Advanced Micro Devices Inc  AMD.O : down 5.9% premarket
 BUZZ - Falls as Q3 forecast misses on softer PC, gaming graphics demand
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZF2CB
    
 ** CVS Health Corp  CVS.N : up 3.5% premarket
 BUZZ - Gains on raising annual profit forecast  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZF2CP
     
 ** Block Inc  SQ.N : up 3.9% premarket
 BUZZ - Up as PayPal optimism spills over  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZF2GK
    
 ** Coherus BioSciences Inc  CHRS.O : up 9.2% premarket
 BUZZ - Jumps on FDA approval for Lucentis biosimilar  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZF2CX
    
 ** Ping Identity Holding Corp  PING.N : up 59.8% premarket
 BUZZ - Up on $2.4 billion buyout deal from Thoma Bravo  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZF2M0

 (Rajarshi Roy and Khushi Mandowara)
 ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))