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The Dow outpaced Wall Street peers in lean trading on Wednesday, boosted by
strong gains in drugmaker Merck, while investors awaited crucial economic data
and commentary from the central bank's policymakers with the long holiday
weekend approaching. .N
At 17:31 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 0.72% at
39,563.78. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 0.36% at 5,222.4 and the Nasdaq Composite
.IXIC was up 0.08% at 16,328.291.
The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** Enphase Energy ENPH.O , up 8.3%
** Cintas Corp CTAS.O , up 8%
** Albemarle ALB.N , up 8%
The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** Arista Networks ANET.N , down 4.1%
** Global Payments GPN.N , down 4%
** ServiceNow NOW.N , down 2.8%
The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:
** GCT Seminconductor Holding GCTS.N , up 464%
** iBio IBIO.N , up 217.1%
** Cazoo Group CZOO.N , up 66.2%
The top two NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:
** Chromocell Therapeutics CHRO.N , down 25.1%
** GameStop GME.N , down 15.2%
The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** Lixte Biotechnology Holdings LIXT.O , up 49.2%
** Stoke Therapeutics STOK.O , up 46.9%
** PAVmed PAVM.O , up 33%
The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** Direct Digital Holdings DRCT.O , down 40.9%
** Wetouch Technology WETH.O , down 34.9%
** RYVYL RVYL.O , down 33.2%
** argenx SE ARGX.O : up 0.5%
BUZZ - Plans to pursue efgartigimod development in SjD lift argenx shares
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N3G51UX
** Merck & Co Inc MRK.N : up 4.6%
BUZZ - Hits record high as FDA approves therapy for rare lung condition
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3G53B3
** Paysign Inc PAYS.O : up 17.4%
BUZZ - Surges on strong revenue forecast urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3G03LR
** GameStop Corp GME.N : down 15.2%
BUZZ - Drops as competition, slow consumer spending weigh on Q4 revenue
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3G52DF
** Forge Global Holdings Inc FRGE.N : down 26.0%
BUZZ - Dips after bigger-than-expected Q4 loss urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3G03LJ
** Moderna Inc MRNA.O : up 1.6%
BUZZ - Rises on $750 mln funding agreement with Blackstone Life Sciences
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3G52IU
** Direct Digital Holdings Inc DRCT.O : down 40.9%
BUZZ - Falls after results, outlook miss urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3G52EQ
** Kimberly-Clark Corp KMB.N : up 0.9%
BUZZ - Gains on business reorganization urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3G52OP
** General Electric Co GE.N : up 3.1%
BUZZ - Wells Fargo upgrades PT on General Electric over cost cutting potential
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3G52PT
** Novocure Ltd NVCR.O : up 17.8%
BUZZ - Surges as cancer therapy succeeds in late-stage trial urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3G52R3
** Bowman Consulting Group Ltd BWMN.O : down 10.7%
BUZZ - Slides on pricing $50 mln stock offering urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N3G511S
** Cintas Corp CTAS.O : up 8.0%
BUZZ - Hits record high after uniform rental firm raises annual
forecasts urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3G53BQ
** Newmont Corp NEM.N : up 3.0%
** Barrick Gold Corp GOLD.N : up 3.2%
** Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd HMY.N : up 3.5%
** Kinross Gold Corp KGC.N : up 2.9%
BUZZ - Gold miners rise on stronger bullion ahead of US inflation data
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3G53CD
** Roivant Sciences Ltd ROIV.O : up 8.5%
BUZZ - Rallies as co poised to join S&P MidCap index urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N3G51FA
** Liquidia Corp LQDA.O : down 4.0%
BUZZ - Falls as rival Merck's therapy for lung condition gets FDA approval
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3G53IU
** Spirit Airlines Inc SAVE.N : down 1.5%
BUZZ - Falls after Barclays reinstates with "underweight" rating urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3G53F3
** Carnival Corp CCL.N : up 2.9%
BUZZ - Gains after fiscal profit forecast raise urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3G53Y9
** Reddit Inc RDDT.N : down 11.0%
BUZZ - Shares down 14% in fifth day of trading urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N3G51MR
** Stoke Therapeutics Inc STOK.O : up 46.9%
BUZZ - Surges again after stock offering launch urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N3G51OA
** Netflix Inc NFLX.O : down 2.2%
BUZZ - Shares fall; Wedbush offers mixed views urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N3G51VP
The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
Communication Services .SPLRCL down 0.48%
Consumer Discretionary .SPLRCD up 0.84%
Consumer Staples .SPLRCS up 0.67%
Energy .SPNY up 0.36%
Financial .SPSY up 0.51%
Health .SPXHC up 0.93%
Industrial .SPLRCI up 0.91%
Information Technology .SPLRCT down 0.33%
Materials .SPLRCM up 0.80%
Real Estate .SPLRCR up 1.66%
Utilities .SPLRCU up 2.09%
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Vallari Srivastava)
((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com;))