U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Drugmakers, 'Going out' cos, Spire Global

Farmmi

01/10/2021 19:04

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The Dow and the S&P 500 oscillated between gains and losses on Friday, as
investors weighed a warning from Fitch over the United States' debt ceiling
against drugmaker Merck's progress in developing an oral COVID-19 drug.  .N 
    
    At 13:45 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average  .DJI  was up 1.24% at
34,263.54. The S&P 500  .SPX  was up 0.89% at 4,346.03 and the Nasdaq Composite
 .IXIC  was up 0.43% at 14,510.804.
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PG.INX  percentage gainers:
 ** Merck & Co  MRK.N , up 9.3%
 ** Penn National Gaming Inc  PENN.OQ , up 8.3%
 ** Live Nation Entertainment Inc  LYV.N , up 7.8%
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PL.INX  percentage losers:
 ** Moderna Inc  MRNA.OQ , down 11.8%
 ** Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc  REGN.OQ , down 5.5%
 ** Illumina Inc  ILMN.OQ , down 2.8%
 
 The top three NYSE  .PG.N  percentage gainers:
 ** Sierra Metals Inc  SMTS.N , up 32.2%
 ** Innovator Double Stacker ETF  DSOC.N , up 23.9%
 ** LSB Industries Inc  LXU.N , up 13.1%
 
 The top three NYSE  .PL.N  percentage losers:
 ** Spire Global Inc  SPIR.N , down 42.7%
 ** IronNet Inc  IRNT.N , down 22.5%
 ** Camber Energy Inc  CEI.N , down 17.5%
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PG.O  percentage gainers:
 ** Biomerica Inc  BMRA.O , up 35.3%
 ** Exscientia PLC  EXAI.O , up 28.5%
 ** First Watch Restaurant Grop Inc  FWRG.O , up 25.6%
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PL.O  percentage losers:
 ** Omeros Corp  OMER.O , down 39.6%
 ** Adagio Therapeutics Inc  ADGI.O , down 36.2%
 ** Neurobo Pharmaceuticals Inc  NRBO.O , down 30.4%
 
    
    
    
 ** ARK Innovation ETF  ARKK.N : up 0.1%
 ** Tesla Inc  TSLA.O : down 0.6%
 ** Teladoc Health Inc  TDOC.N : down 0.9%
 ** Roku Inc  ROKU.O : down 0.7%
 BUZZ-Cathie Wood's flagship ETF suffers worst quarter since 2018  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2QX1PC
    
 ** Laboratory Corp of America Holdings  LH.N : down 0.4%
 BUZZ-Co gets FDA's emergency use nod for COVID-19/flu home collection kit
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2OM
    
 ** Everi Holdings Inc  EVRI.N : up 8.5%
 BUZZ-Co acquires Meter Image Capturing assets, shares rise  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2NF
    
 ** Cinemark Holdings Inc  CNK.N : up 2.8%
 ** Uber Technologies  UBER.N : up 4.1%
 ** Live Nation Entertainment  LYV.N : up 7.8%
 BUZZ-'Going out' stocks rally on Merck's COVID pill breakthrough  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2QX1LL
        
 ** First Watch Restaurant Group  FWRG.O : up 25.6%
 BUZZ-Jumps in Nasdaq debut  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2MK
    
 ** Bitfarms Ltd  BITF.O : up 16.7%
 BUZZ-Bitfarms rises as bitcoin rallies on Powell's speech  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2N3
    
 ** Andersons Inc  ANDE.O : up 2.9%
 BUZZ-Rises on acquiring farm supplies wholesaler  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2MH
    
 ** Livent Corp  LTHM.N : up 2.3%
 ** Lithium Americas Corp  LAC.N : down 0.2%
 BUZZ-Battery material metals are building blocks of future, Piper says
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2LJ
    
 ** Spire Global Inc  SPIR.N : down 42.7%
 BUZZ-Craters after co files share resale  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2QX1GF
    
 ** NeoGenomics Inc  NEO.O : up 4.4%
 ** Guardant Health Inc  GH.O : down 17.9%
 BUZZ-Guardant down on report of talks to buy diagnostic firm NeoGenomics
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2JG
    
 ** Olympic Steel Inc  ZEUS.O : up 4.4%
 BUZZ-Rises on deal to buy Shaw Stainless & Alloy  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2J2
    
 ** Xpel Inc  XPEL.O : down 3.4%
 BUZZ-XPEL falls on multiple acquisitions in North America  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2I3
    
 ** Merck & Co Inc  MRK.N : up 9.3%
 ** Vir Biotechnology Inc  VIR.O : down 21.9%
 ** Novavax Inc  NVAX.O : down 16.4%
 ** Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc  REGN.O : down 5.5%
 ** Eli Lilly and Co  LLY.N : down 0.4%
 ** Gilead Sciences Inc  GILD.O : down 1.8%
 BUZZ-Regeneron slumps on Merck COVID news; short interest seen rising
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2D1
 BUZZ-Antibody drugmakers slide on Merck's COVID-19 pill data  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2K2
    
 ** KORE Group Holdings Inc  KORE.N : down 9.0%
 BUZZ-Co makes lackluster market debut after SPAC merger  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2GE
    
 ** Diana Shipping Inc  DSX.N : up 3.8%
 BUZZ-Rises on time charter contract with Olam for m/v Baltimore  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2GP
    
 ** Omeros Corp  OMER.O : down 39.6%
 BUZZ-Plunges as FDA identifies deficiencies in drug's application  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2EK
    
 ** WW International Inc  WW.O : up 3.3%
 BUZZ-Co CEO to step down, shares rise  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2QX13H
    
 ** Merck & Co Inc  MRK.N : up 9.3%
 ** Hyatt Hotels Corp  H.N : up 5.1%
 ** Marriott International Inc  MAR.O : up 5.0%
 ** Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc  HLT.N : up 4.7%
 ** Booking Holdings Inc  BKNG.O : up 3.6%
 ** TripAdvisor Inc  TRIP.O : up 8.7%
 ** Carnival Corp  CCL.N : up 4.3%
 ** Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd  RCL.N : up 4.4%
 ** Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd  NCLH.N : up 5.7%
 ** Delta Air Lines Inc  DAL.N : up 5.8%
 ** Southwest Airlines Co  LUV.N : up 5.5%
 ** American Airlines Group Inc  AAL.O : up 5.2%
 ** AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc  AMC.N : up 1.6%
 BUZZ-U.S. travel, leisure stocks jump on optimism over Merck's COVID-19 pill
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2CW
    
 ** Tarena International Inc  TEDU.O : down 15.9%
 BUZZ-Slumps on plan to scrap go-private deal  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2AM
    
 ** CarMax  KMX.N : down 0.9%
 BUZZ-Street View:-Brokerages say higher costs, inventory constraints to limit
CarMax sales  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX25Q
    
 ** NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals Inc  NRBO.O : down 30.4%
 BUZZ-Drops on direct share offering  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2QX0XH
    
 ** Exxon Mobil Corp  XOM.N : up 3.4%
 BUZZ-Street View: Exxon's Q3 update implies strong quarter  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX29U
    
 ** Keurig Dr Pepper Inc  KDP.O : down 1.1%
 BUZZ-Rises on $4 bln share buyback plan  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2BC
    
 ** International Business Machines Corp  IBM.N : up 2.9%
 BUZZ-Jefferies bullish on IBM on pandemic recovery, cloud business  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX28G
    
 ** Alibaba Group Holding Ltd  BABA.N : down 2.7%
 BUZZ-Raymond James downgrades Alibaba on slowing ecommerce growth concerns
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX28M
    
 ** Qualcomm Inc  QCOM.O : down 0.5%
 BUZZ-Jefferies initiates coverage with 'hold' rating  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX28N
    
 ** Zuora Inc  ZUO.N : up 2.6%
 BUZZ-Rises after Morgan Stanley upgrades to 'equal weight'  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2BG
    
 ** Coinbase Global Inc  COIN.O : up 1.9%
 ** Riot Blockchain Inc  RIOT.O : up 2.5%
 ** Marathon Digital Holdings Inc  MARA.O : up 5.4%
 ** Silvergate Capital Corp  SI.N : up 7.5%
 ** MicroStrategy Inc  MSTR.O : up 5.7%
 BUZZ-Crypto stocks track bitcoin rally after Fed's Powell says no plans to ban
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX28L
    
 ** McCormick & Co Inc  MKC.N : down 0.1%
 BUZZ-Co's guidance cut dealt large serving of PT downgrades  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QW3WM
    
 ** Biomerica Inc  BMRA.O : up 35.3%
 BUZZ-Soars as Walmart begins selling colorectal disease test  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX278
    
 ** Coty Inc  COTY.N : up 3.1%
 BUZZ-Co to sell 9% stake in Wella to KKR, shares up  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX23R
    
 ** QuickLogic Corp  QUIK.O : up 5.0%
 BUZZ-Jumps as investors up stake, co raises Q3 rev forecast  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX24X
    
 ** Netflix Inc  NFLX.O : down 0.4%
 BUZZ-S.Korea broadband firm sues co after traffic surge from 'Squid Game'
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX24V
    
 ** General Motors Co  GM.N : up 0.4%
 BUZZ-GM, Ford down on production halt extension at some plants amid chip
shortage  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX22L
 BUZZ-GM auto sales fall for first time in four quarters  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2KR
    
 ** Progenity Inc  PROG.O : up 5.9%
 ** Paltalk Inc  PALT.O : up 3.2%
 ** Farmmi Inc  FAMI.O : down 17.2%
 ** Lucid Group Inc  LCID.O : down 3.0%
 ** Lordstown Motors Corp  RIDE.O : down 16.4%
 BUZZ-Shares of Progenity, Paltalk jump in high volumes  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX23B
    
 ** AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc  AMC.N : up 1.6%
 BUZZ-Rises after co announces debt repurchase  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2QX0JF
    
 ** Merck & Co Inc  MRK.N : up 9.3%
 ** Moderna Inc  MRNA.O : down 11.8%
 ** Pfizer Inc  PFE.N : down 0.4%
 ** BioNTech SE  BNTX.O : down 8.6%
 BUZZ-Up after COVID-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization by 50% in study
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX2AJ
    
 ** Zomedica Corp  ZOM.N : up 9.7%
 BUZZ-Jumps on acquiring veterinary tech company  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX21D
    
 ** Zoom Video Communications Inc  ZM.O : up 3.2%
 ** Five9 Inc  FIVN.O : up 5.7%
 BUZZ-Zoom, Five9 to terminate nearly $15 bln deal  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX201
    
 ** SunPower Corp  SPWR.O : up 11.9%
 BUZZ-SunPower brightens on S&P MidCap 400 inclusion  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2QX0HN
    
 ** Lordstown Motors Corp  RIDE.O : down 16.4%
 BUZZ-Shares of co jump in high volumes  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX23B
 BUZZ-Lordstown up as Foxconn to buy co's assembly plant, invest $50 mln in
equity  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QX293
    
 ** Jefferies Financial Group Inc  JEF.N : up 2.3%
 BUZZ-Climbs after upbeat Q3 results  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QW4IM
    
 ** Helbiz Inc  HLBZ.O : down 2.7%
 BUZZ-Rises after co announces CEO bought PIPE offering units  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2QW3BJ
    
    
 The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
 
 Communication Services   .SPLRCL   up 1.63%
 Consumer Discretionary   .SPLRCD   up 0.48%
 Consumer Staples         .SPLRCS   up 0.16%
 Energy                   .SPNY     up 3.04%
 Financial                .SPSY     up 1.45%
 Health                   .SPXHC    down 0.14%
 Industrial               .SPLRCI   up 1.36%
 Information Technology   .SPLRCT   up 0.81%
 Materials                .SPLRCM   up 1.58%
 Real Estate              .SPLRCR   up 1.10%
 Utilities                .SPLRCU   up 0.43%
 
 (Compiled by Ruhi Soni in Bengaluru;)
 ((Ruhi.Soni@thomsonreuters.com;))