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U.S. stocks climbed on Wednesday, boosted by technology stocks, and financials
also gained ahead of a highly awaited Federal Reserve announcement where
investors will watch for signals of fewer rate hikes, which could spark a
year-end rally. .N
At 10:19 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 0.90
percent at 23,888.71. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 0.90 percent at 2,569.16 and the
Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 1.02 percent at 6,852.904.
The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** General Electric Co GE.N , up 8 pct urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO42T
** Diamondback Energy Inc FANG.O , up 5.9 pct
** General Mills Inc GIS.N , up 5.4 pct
The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** FedEx Corp FDX.N , down 9.8 pct urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO44U
** Allergan Plc AGN.N , down 4.3 pct urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO3WI
** Micron Technology Inc MU.O , down 2.6 pct urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO33S
The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:
** ABM Industries Inc ABM.N , up 16.7 pct
** Koppers Holdings Inc KOP.N , up 14.2 pct
** Winnebago Industries Inc WGO.N , up 14 pct urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO3QR
The top three NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:
** Credit Suisse AG UGAZ.N , down 14.8 pct
** FTS International Inc FTSI.N , down 12.8 pct
** Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Index Fund VIOO.N , down 11.6 pct
The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** NF Energy Saving Corp NFEC.O , up 18.5 pct
** Priority Technology Holdings Inc PRTH.O , up 20.5 pct
** Riot Blockchain Inc RIOT.O , up 20 pct
The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** Datasea Inc DTSS.O , down 75.4 pct
** Surface Oncology Inc SURF.O , down 33.6 pct
** Aslan Pharmaceuticals Ltd ASLN.O , down 11.6 pct
** General Electric Co GE.N : up 8.0 pct
BUZZ-GE: First 3-day rally in 2 months on rating upgrade, health IPO move
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** FedEx Corp FDX.N : down 9.8 pct
** United Parcel Service Inc UPS.N : down 1.8 pct
BUZZ-U.S. package delivery firms fall after FedEx flags slowing global trade
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BUZZ-Street View: FedEx's outlook cut much bigger than expected urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO3BZ
BUZZ-FedEx: Worst day in 10 yrs on warning, but transports unfazed urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO44U
** General Mills Inc GIS.N : up 5.4 pct
BUZZ-Rises as quarterly profit beats estimates urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO3N6
** Eli Lilly and Co LLY.N : up 2.9 pct
BUZZ-Gains on upbeat FY19 forecasts urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO3PM
** Micron Technology Inc MU.O : down 2.6 pct
BUZZ-Street View: Micron Technology earnings signal tough road ahead
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** Netflix Inc NFLX.O : up 3.0 pct
BUZZ-Credit Suisse, contrary to Street, sees 2019 subscriber growth
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** Winnebago Industries Inc WGO.N : up 14.0 pct
BUZZ-Shares jump on Q1 beat urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO3QR
** American Express Co AXP.N : down 0.5 pct
BUZZ-Falls on BoFA's downgrade urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO45U
** Rent-A-Center Inc RCII.O : up 7.4 pct
BUZZ-Rises as Vintage Capital urges co to return to work on merger urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO3V5
** Hershey Co HSY.N : up 2.8 pct
BUZZ-BofA-ML double upgrades to "buy", hikes PT by 30 pct urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1YO0KE
** Allergan Plc AGN.N : down 4.3 pct
BUZZ-Falls after co suspends breast implant sales in Europe urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO3WI
** Facebook Inc FB.O : down 0.2 pct
BUZZ-Dips on latest concern over data sharing urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO3QX
** Globalstar Inc GSAT.N : up 5.9 pct
BUZZ-Descends on planned $60 mln stock offering urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1YN1P3
** Jabil Inc JBL.N : up 5.4 pct
BUZZ-Up after results beat and upbeat forecast urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO3TK
** Analog Devices Inc ADI.O : down 0.4 pct
BUZZ-MS downgrades, citing risks to semis in 2019 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO1RM
** McDonald's Corp MCD.N : up 0.6 pct
** Wendy's Co WEN.O : down 0.1 pct
** Dunkin' Brands Group Inc DNKN.O : up 0.8 pct
** Darden Restaurants Inc DRI.N : down 0.1 pct
** Bloomin' Brands Inc BLMN.O : up 0.9 pct
** Texas Roadhouse Inc TXRH.O : down 0.9 pct
BUZZ-Barclays prefers quick service restaurants over casual dining in 2019
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** Lam Research Corp LRCX.O : up 1.4 pct
** Nvidia Corp NVDA.O : down 0.3 pct
** Xilinx Inc XLNX.O : up 0.5 pct
** Ambarella Inc AMBA.O : up 1.8 pct
** Amphenol Corp APH.N : up 0.9 pct
** ON Semiconductor Corp ON.O : down 0.4 pct
** Cypress Semiconductor Corp CY.O : up 0.1 pct
** Sensata Technologies Holding Plc ST.N : up 1.1 pct
** Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD.O : down 0.4 pct
BUZZ-Chipmakers in 2019: "Stay cautious, bottom not in sight" - MS urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO3L9
** Intel Corp INTC.O : down 0.4 pct
** Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD.O : down 0.4 pct
BUZZ-Intel vs. AMD: MS biased towards Intel urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO3QS
** Bloomin' Brands Inc BLMN.O : up 0.9 pct
BUZZ-MS upgrades to "equal-weight" on stable brand metrics urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1YO2N6
The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
Communication Services .SPLRCL up 1.28 pct
Consumer Discretionary .SPLRCD up 1.16 pct
Consumer Staples .SPLRCS up 0.36 pct
Energy .SPNY up 1.38 pct
Financial .SPSY up 0.99 pct
Health .SPXHC up 0.62 pct
Industrial .SPLRCI up 0.92 pct
Information Technology .SPLRCT up 0.99 pct
Materials .SPLRCM up 1.60 pct
Real Estate .SPLRCR up 0.08 pct
Utilities .SPLRCU down 0.16 pct
(Compiled by Mary Ann Alapatt in Bengaluru)
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