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Gains in Microsoft shares pushed the benchmark S&P 500 within striking distance
of its record high, a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates as
expected but played down hopes of further monetary easing. .N
At 10:01 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 0.25% at
27,213.61. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 0.31% at 3,016 and the Nasdaq Composite
.IXIC was up 0.51% at 8,219.301.
The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** Microsoft Corp MSFT.O , up 2.4% urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N269459
** DXC Technology Co DXC.N , up 2.4%
** Arista Networks Inc ANET.N , up 1.9%
The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** Darden Restaurants Inc DRI.N , down 4.5%
** Newell Brand Inc NWL.O , down 2.8%
** Costco Wholesale Corp COST.O , down 2.3% urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A3DM
The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:
** AIM ImmunoTech Inc AIM.N , up 80%
** Eros International Plc EROS.N , up 20.5% urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A345
** Global Ship Lease Inc GSL.N , up 11.9%
The top three NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:
** United States Steel Corp X.N , down 13.3% urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A30H
** Foundation Building Materials Inc FBM.N , down 6.8%
** Mallinckrodt Plc MNK.N , down 6.3%
The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** Westwater Resources Inc WWR.O , up 21% urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A390
** Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited CLWT.O , up 15.5% urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A3A6
** Aravive Inc ARAV.O , up 12.7%
The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** BioCardia Inc BCDA.O , down 12.4%
** Cerence Inc CRNCV.O , down 11.2%
** Provention Bio Inc PRVB.O , down 10.6% urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N26A0BX
** Etsy Inc ETSY.O : up 0.8%
BUZZ-Etsy flat in heavy volumes; co to use part of convertible deal proceeds
for share buybacks urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N26A0JJ
** Herman Miller Inc MLHR.O : up 4.1%
BUZZ-Jumps on profit, revenue beat urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26946R
** Microsoft Corp MSFT.O : up 2.4%
BUZZ-Up on $40 bln share buyback plan, quarterly dividend raise urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N269459
** United States Steel Corp X.N : down 13.3%
BUZZ-Drops on weak outlook, broker downgrade urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A30H
** China Biologic Products Holdings Inc CBPO.O : up 10.5%
BUZZ-Jumps on take-private buyout offer urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26948Q
** Akamai Technologies Inc AKAM.O : down 1.5%
BUZZ-Upcoming OTT services unlikely for co to materially beat expectations-
KeyBanc urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A2SS
** Overstock.com Inc OSTK.O : down 3.4%
BUZZ-Falls after former CEO sells stake urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A2TI
** Applied DNA Sciences Inc APDN.O : down 24.9%
BUZZ-Falls on proposed stock-and-warrants offering urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A2Y6
** Beyond Meat Inc BYND.O : up 1.5%
BUZZ-Beyond Meat: Well positioned to capture market share - Barclays
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A2Y2
** Ares Management Corp ARES.N : down 4.7%
BUZZ-Falls after pricing stock offering urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A2YX
** Provention Bio Inc PRVB.O : down 10.6%
BUZZ-Slides on $60 mln equity raise as Amgen chips in urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N26A0BX
** Hilton Grand Vacations Inc HGV.N : up 0.1%
** Hyatt Hotels Corp H.N : up 1.3%
BUZZ-GS sees muted growth in U.S. lodging: Upgrades Hyatt, downgrades
Hilton urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A2XU
** India Globalization Capital Inc IGC.A : up 12.0%
BUZZ-Jumps after Alzhemier's formulation gets approval for mid-stage study
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A30A
** Brown-Forman Corp BFb.N : down 1.7%
BUZZ-Evercore downgrades to 'underperform' on valuation urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A32D
** Darden Restaurants Inc DRI.N : down 4.5%
BUZZ-Not tasty as Q1 sales miss urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A32S
** Eros International EROS.N : up 20.5%
BUZZ-Soars after partnering with Microsoft urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A345
** Twilio Inc TWLO.N : up 2.1%
BUZZ-MS sees opportunity in recent pullback; upgrades urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A340
** Bandwidth Inc BAND.O : down 3.9%
BUZZ-Morgan Stanley downgrades to 'underweight' urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A364
** NCR Corp NCR.N : down 3.9%
BUZZ-Falls as Blackstone rings the register urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N26A0H4
** Westwater Resources Inc WWR.O : up 21.0%
BUZZ-Surges on graphite procurement deal urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A390
** Euro Tech Holdings Company Ltd CLWT.O : up 15.5%
BUZZ-Euro Tech to open at over 4-month high on bonus issue plan urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A3A6
** Ocean Power Technologies Inc OPTT.O : up 2.6%
BUZZ-Rises on contract wins worth ~$1.9 mln urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A3B8
** Costco Wholesale Corp COST.O : down 2.3%
BUZZ-Bernstein turns bearish urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A3DM
** Enterprise Financial Services Corp EFSC.O : up 1.5%
BUZZ-Rises after Raymond James starts with "outperform" urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A3E3
The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
Communication Services .SPLRCL up 0.49%
Consumer Discretionary .SPLRCD up 0.24%
Consumer Staples .SPLRCS down 0.11%
Energy .SPNY up 0.13%
Financial .SPSY up 0.05%
Health .SPXHC up 0.39%
Industrial .SPLRCI down 0.10%
Information Technology .SPLRCT up 0.84%
Materials .SPLRCM up 0.24%
Real Estate .SPLRCR down 0.04%
Utilities .SPLRCU down 0.10%
(Compiled by C Nivedita and Ayanti Bera in Bengaluru)
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