U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Conagra, Rite Aid, Match Group, Apogee,

Exicure

19/12/2019 16:28

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Wall Street hovered near record highs on Thursday as U.S. Treasury Secretary
Steven Mnuchin said Washington and Beijing would sign an initial trade deal in
early January, with traders also shrugging off the impeachment of President
Donald Trump.  .N 
    At 11:06 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average  .DJI  was up 0.33% at
28,331.35. The S&P 500  .SPX  was up 0.21% at 3,197.98 and the Nasdaq Composite
 .IXIC  was up 0.33% at 8,856.612.
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PG.INX  percentage gainers:
 ** Conagra Brands Inc  CAG.N , up 18.9%  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T38V
 ** Centene Corp  CNC.N , up 3%
 ** Ecolab Inc  ECL.N , up 3%  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T3N4
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PL.INX  percentage losers:
 ** Darden Restaurants Inc  DRI.N , down 3.9%  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T3OL
 ** Abiomed Inc  ABMD.O , down 3%  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N28T0OJ
 ** Lennar Corp  LEN.N , down 1.8%
 
 The top three NYSE  .PG.N  percentage gainers:
 ** Rite Aid Corp  RAD.N , up 49.5%  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T37V
 ** Southwest Georgia Financial Corp  SGB.N , up 47.7%
 ** Conagra Brands Inc  CAG.N , up 18.9%
 
 The top three NYSE  .PL.N  percentage losers:
 ** Green Dot Corp  GDOT.N , down 14.7%
 ** Quotient Technology Inc  QUOT.N , down 12.3%
 ** Market Vectors-Double Long Euro ETN   URR.N , down 7.1%
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PG.O  percentage gainers:
 ** Catalyst Biosciences Inc  CBIO.O , up 45.5%  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T3DO
 ** Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc  PRTK.O , up 27.1%
 ** Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc  INO.O , up 27%
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PL.O  percentage losers:
 ** Ascena Retail Group Inc  ASNA.O , down 58.5%
 ** Euroseas Ltd  ESEA.O , down 51.3%
 ** Civista Bancshares Inc  CIVBP.O , down 47.7%
 
 
 
 ** Match Group Inc  MTCH.O : up 7%
 BUZZ-Un-match: Tinder-owner to separate from parent, shares jump  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T31Y
 
 ** Exicure Inc  XCUR.O : down 5.9%
 BUZZ-Exicure falls on stock offering plans  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N28T0BU
 
 ** Micron Technology Inc  MU.O : up 2.8%
 BUZZ-Up as brokerages raise PT on future growth  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T2VL 
 Street View: Micron recovery may be slow, but it's a "name to own" in 2020
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T2S2
 
 ** Axsome Therapeutics Inc  AXSM.O : up 15.4%
 BUZZ-Axsome Therapeutics rises after pricing upsized stock offering
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N28T0EF
 
 ** Herman Miller Inc  MLHR.O : down 11.4%
 BUZZ-Down after Q2 revenue misses estimates  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28S45F
 
 ** Minerva Neurosciences Inc  NERV.O : down 18.4%
 BUZZ-Minerva Neurosciences plunges after depression drug fails trial
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T3AG
 
 ** Conagra Brands Inc  CAG.N : up 18.9%
 BUZZ-Conagra set for its best day ever as Q2 tops expectations urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T3OD
 ** Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc  PRTK.O : up 27.1%
 BUZZ-Paratek Pharma jumps on BARDA award for antibiotic  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T2WW
 
 ** Rite Aid Corp  RAD.N : up 49.5%
 BUZZ-Rite Aid rises on Q3 rev beat, lower 2020 net loss outlook  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T37V
 
 ** Apogee Enterprises Inc  APOG.O : down 23%
 BUZZ-Apogee eyes worst day in 2 years after forecast cut  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T3CI
 
 ** Cisco Systems Inc  CSCO.O : up 2% 
 BUZZ-Cisco gains as Barclays upgrades to 'overweight'  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T3CX  
 
 ** Catalyst Biosciences  CBIO.O : up 45.5% 
 BUZZ-Soars on partnership with Biogen for eye disorder drug  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T3DO
 
 ** Apergy Corp  APY.N : up 5.7%
 BUZZ-Apergy rises on $3.9 bln deal to combine with Ecolab's upstream unit
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T3N4
 
 ** Seattle Genetics Inc  SGEN.O : up 1%
 BUZZ-Up on FDA's nod for bladder cancer drug urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T3EW 
 
 ** Abiomed Inc  ABMD.O : down 3% 
 BUZZ-Abiomed falls as Jefferies cuts PT on near term risk for heart pump
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N28T0OJ
 
 ** Darden Restaurants Inc  DRI.N : down 3.9%
 BUZZ-Falls on dismal 2020 same-restaurant sales forecast  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T3OL
 
 ** Cirrus Logic Inc  CRUS.O : up 2.3%
 BUZZ-Hits record high on reported interest from Facebook urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T3OW
 
 ** MSB Financial Corp  MSBF.O : up 15.7%
 BUZZ-Jumps on deal with Kearny Financial  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T3PX
 
 ** Netflix Inc  NFLX.O : up 2.9%
 BUZZ-Netflix gains as GS flags 'too low' market estimates for subscriber adds
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28T3PZ 
    
    
 The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
 
 Communication Services   .SPLRCL   up 0.45%
 Consumer Discretionary   .SPLRCD   up 0.12%
 Consumer Staples         .SPLRCS   up 0.53%
 Energy                   .SPNY     up 0.13%
 Financial                .SPSY     up 0.14%
 Health                   .SPXHC    up 0.14%
 Industrial               .SPLRCI   up 0.08%
 Information Technology   .SPLRCT   up 0.23%
 Materials                .SPLRCM   up 0.35%
 Real Estate              .SPLRCR   up 0.59%
 Utilities                .SPLRCU   down 0.43%
 
 (Compiled by Soundarya J in Bengaluru)
 ((soundarya.j@thomsonreuters.com; Twitter: https://twitter.com/Soundarya9615;))