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U.S. stock indexes were set to trade near record highs heading into the
Christmas break on Tuesday, fueled by optimism over improving trade relations
between Washington and Beijing. .N
At 9:03 ET, Dow e-minis 1YMc1 were up 0.07% at 28,571. S&P 500 e-minis
ESc1 were up 0.03% at 3,228.25, while Nasdaq 100 e-minis NQc1 were up 0.06%
at 8,731.75.
The top three NYSE percentage gainers premarket .PRPG.NQ :
** Kingsway Financial Services Inc KFS.N , up 8.9%
** WESCO International Inc WCC.N , up 8.1%
** Ocwen Financial Corp OCN.N , up 4.9%
The top three NYSE percentage losers premarket .PRPL.NQ :
** ASE Technology Holding Co ASX.N , down 7.5%
** Precision Drilling Corp PDS.TO , down 6.1%
** NGL Energy Partners LP NGL.N , down 6%
The top two Nasdaq percentage gainers premarket .PRPG.O :
** Soleno Therapeutics Inc SLNO.O , up 18.9%
** Proteostasis Therapeutics Inc PTI.O , up 16.8%
The top three Nasdaq percentage losers premarket .PRPL.O :
** Euroseas Ltd ESEA.O , down 96.9%
** Verisign Inc VRSN.O , down 22%
** Quicklogic Corp QUIK.O , down 14.3%
** Advanced Micro Devices AMD.O : up 1.5% premarket
BUZZ- Rises for fourth day as RBC sets Street high price target urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y227
** Cel-Sci Corp CVM.A : down 4.8% premarket
BUZZ- Drops on discounted stock offering urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y22Y
** NewLink Genetics NLNK.O : up 13.8% premarket
BUZZ- Rises on licensing deal for its cancer treatment urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y24I
** Kodiak Sciences KOD.O : up 3.7% premarket
BUZZ- J.P. Morgan starts coverage with "Overweight" urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y24L
** Regeneron Pharmaceuticals REGN.O : up 1.0% premarket
BUZZ- Raymond James says Dupixent to offset pressure on legacy Eylea
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y24P
** Correvio Pharma CORV.O : down 10.0% premarket
BUZZ- Falls after FDA declines to approve heart drug urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y25T
** Amgen Inc AMGN.O : up 0.7% premarket
BUZZ- Raymond James sees new growth areas, starts coverage with "market
perform" urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Y25R
(Combined by Trisha Roy in Bengaluru)
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