U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Comcast, Citigroup, Impinj, SeaWorld

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08/05/2018 17:12

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U.S. stocks whipsawed on Tuesday on conflicting reports on whether President
Donald Trump will withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal.  .N 
    At 12:00 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average  .DJI  was down 0.16 percent
at 24,319.36. The S&P 500  .SPX  was down 0.18 percent at 2,667.8 and the Nasdaq
Composite  .IXIC  was down 0.14 percent at 7,255.006.
 
 BUZZ-Dow Jones E-Mini Futures: Timid on resistance test  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1SF0I1
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PG.INX  percentage gainers:
 ** Jacobs Engineering  JEC.N , up 7.8 pct
 ** Expeditors International of Washington  EXPD.O , up 7.7 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF5I7
 ** Gartner Inc  IT.N , up 5 pct
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PL.INX  percentage losers:
 ** Comcast Corp  CMCSA.O , down 4.4 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF5E8
 ** Dentsply Sirona  XRAY.O , down 4.3 pct
 ** Henry Schein  HSIC.O , down 4.2 pct
 
 The top three NYSE  .PG.N  percentage gainers:
 ** Care.com Inc  CRCM.N , up 17.7 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1SF12W
 ** Univeral Security Instruments  UUU.N , up 16.2 pct
 ** Nevsun Resources  NSU.N , up 15 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF45X
 
 The top three NYSE  .PL.N  percentage losers:
 ** Veritiv Corp  VRTV.N , down 22.9 pct
 ** Crossamerica Partners  CAPL.N , down 18.4 pct
 ** Entercom Communications  ETM.N , down 18.3 pct
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PG.O  percentage gainers:
 ** Amedica Corp  AMDA.O , up 98.2 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF5F6
 ** Prophase Labs Inc  PRPH.O , up 42 pct
 ** Impinj Inc  PI.O , up 26.5 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF5J6
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PL.O  percentage losers:
 ** Vivopower International Plc  VVPR.O , down 18.5 pct
 ** Gogo Inc  GOGO.O , down 17.9 pct
 ** XTL Biopharma  XTLB.O , down 16.8 pct
  
 
 ** Comcast Corp  CMCSA.O : down 4.4 pct
 ** Twenty-First Century Fox  FOXA.O : up 0.1 pct
 BUZZ-Fox shares climb on potential Comcast offer  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF5E8
 UPDATE 1-Fox shares rise 3 pct on potential Comcast offer  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF5CC
 EXCLUSIVE-Comcast prepares all-cash bid to gate-crash Disney-Fox deal -sources
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1SE212
 
 ** Citigroup Inc  C.N : up 4.0 pct
 BUZZ-Edges higher after activist ValueAct takes stake  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF4MY
  
 ** Valeant Pharmaceuticals  VRX.N : up 11.6 pct 
 BUZZ-To rename itself as Bausch Health, raises revenue outlook  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF4L4
 UPDATE 2-Valeant Pharma to rename itself as Bausch Health, lifts revenue
outlook  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF4GN
 
 ** Hertz Global Holdings  HTZ.N : down 14.8 pct
 BUZZ-Falls on bigger-than-expected loss  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SE58R
 
 ** Endo International  ENDP.O : up 3.4 pct
 BUZZ-Beats as Xiaflex sales, injectables business grow  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF4SM
 UPDATE 1-Endo beats as Xiaflex sales, injectables business grow  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF494
 
 ** Crocs Inc  CROX.O : up 4.3 pct
 BUZZ-Jumps on Q1 beat, raised forecast  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF4TZ
 
 ** Dean Foods  DF.N : up 9.1 pct
 BUZZ-Profit beats estimates, cost cuts take shape  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF4U6
 
 ** Snap Inc  SNAP.N : up 1.8 pct
 BUZZ-Wells Fargo unconvinced that CFO to blame for Snap Inc's challenges
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF3Q4
 UPDATE 3-Snap hires Amazon veteran Tim Stone as CFO  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SE57N
 
 ** Impinj Inc  PI.O : up 26.5 pct
 BUZZ-Set for best day ever on Q1 rev beat  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF5J6
 
 ** Nevsun Resources  NSU.N : up 15.0 pct
 BUZZ-Jumps on Lundin Mining, Euro Sun offer  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF45X
 Nevsun Resources rejects C$1.5 bln offer from Lundin Mining, Euro Sun
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SE62X
 
 ** Xcerra Corp  XCRA.O : up 2.4 pct
 UPDATE 1-Cohu to buy Xcerra for $796 mln after blocked Chinese deal
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF3IN
  
 ** Canadian Natural Resources  CNQ.N : down 3.4 pct
 BUZZ-Shares slip as Shell sheds $3.3 bln stake  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1SF0HH
 UPDATE 1-Shell to sell stake in Canadian Natural for about $3.3 bln
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1SF00A
 
 ** Fred's Inc  FRED.O : down 2.1 pct
 BUZZ-Jumps on deal to sell specialty pharmacy unit to CVS  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SE5I1
 
 ** Aralez Pharmaceuticals  ARLZ.O : down 59.8 pct
 BUZZ-Sinks on going concern doubts, wider-than-expected loss  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF4VS
 
 ** Mallinckrodt Plc  MNK.N : down 4.9 pct
 BUZZ-Jumps after quarterly profit beat  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF4YT
 
 ** SeaWorld Entertainment  SEAS.N : up 10.7 pct
 BUZZ-shares surge on strong attendance, revenue beat  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF4W7
 
 ** Nevro Corp  NVRO.N : down 14.8 pct
 BUZZ-Plunges on weak Q1 report  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF4ZQ
 
 ** Hain Celestial Group  HAIN.O : down 5.4 pct
 BUZZ-Slumps as Q3 misses Street estimates  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF519
 
 ** Aveo Oncology  AVEO.O : down 12.3 pct
 BUZZ-Slides after cancer drug trial results delay  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF536
 
 ** Warrior Met Coal  HCC.N : down 5.5 pct
 BUZZ-Slides on pre-open block sale by top investors  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1SF0M9
 
 ** Sharing Economy International  SEII.O : up 15.7 pct
 BUZZ-Jumps on license deal  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF4K3
 
 ** Zillow Group Inc  ZG.O : down 2.6 pct
 BUZZ-Stock drops on weak Q2 forecast  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF51N
 
 ** Iqiyi Inc  IQ.O : up 1.9 pct
 BUZZ-Netflix-like video platform gains on Goldman's "buy  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF5AX
 
 ** Amedica Corp  AMDA.O : up 98.2 pct
 BUZZ-Doubles on encouraging comparative study data  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF5F6
 
 ** Kosmos Energy  KOS.N : down 8.6 pct
 BUZZ-Stock slides as Jefferies steps to sidelines  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1SF0TH
 
 ** Momenta Pharmaceuticals  MNTA.O : down 1.5 pct
 BUZZ-Q1 miss blunts 2018 share momentum  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1SF0SZ
 
 ** Mosaic Co  MOS.N : down 4.0 pct
 ** Nutrien Ltd  NTR.N : up 2.6 pct
 UPDATE 1-Mosaic profit misses on transport bottlenecks, delayed spring
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SE5A1
 UPDATE 1-Nutrien posts smaller-than-expected profit on delayed spring season
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1SE23Y
 BUZZ-Mosaic slips on profit miss, Nutrien gains from forecast  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF5DE
 
 ** Sanchez Energy  SN.N : down 11.3 pct
 BUZZ-Down on higher spending, lower 2018 output
 
 ** Care.com Inc  CRCM.N : up 17.7 pct
 BUZZ-Gets pampered after earnings  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1SF12W
 
 ** OnDeck Capital  ONDK.N : up 6.4 pct
 BUZZ-Hits 4-month high on Q1 profit beat  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF5IP
 
 ** Expeditors International of Washington  EXPD.O : up 7.7 pct
 BUZZ-Record high on strong Q1, hauls Dow Transports higher  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF5I7
 
 ** Zebra Technologies  ZBRA.O : up 7.2 pct
 BUZZ-Hits record high on Q1 beat-and-raise  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF5DV
 
 ** Weight Watchers International  WTW.N : down 3.2 pct
 BUZZ-Dips as top holder (not Oprah) looks to slice stake  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1SF0Z8
 
 ** Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc  FRGI.O : up 16.0 pct
 BUZZ-Shares light up after results  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1SF0XL
 
 ** Myriad Genetics  MYGN.O : up 10.2 pct
 BUZZ-Soars on results beat, higher outlook  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SF5LR
    
 The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
 
 
 Consumer Discretionary   .SPLRCD   down 0.38 pct
 Consumer Staples         .SPLRCS   down 0.49 pct
 Energy                   .SPNY     down 0.43 pct
 Financial                .SPSY     up 0.71 pct
 Health                   .SPXHC    down 0.77 pct
 Industrial               .SPLRCI   up 0.39 pct
 Information Technology   .SPLRCT   down 0.06 pct
 Materials                .SPLRCM   up 0.01 pct
 Real Estate              .SPLRCR   down 0.84 pct
 Teleservices             .SPLRCL   down 1.23 pct
 Utilities                .SPLRCU   down 1.64 pct
 
 (Compiled by Ahmed Farhatha in Bengaluru)
 ((Reuters Messaging: ahmed.farhatha.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))