U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Pfizer, BioNTech, Navistar, Nikola

Orchard Therapeutics

16/10/2020 19:05

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Wall Street bounced back on Friday after three straight days of losses,
following a positive update from Pfizer on development of its COVID-19 vaccine
and on data that showed stronger-than-expected retail sales growth last month.
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    At 13:49 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average  .DJI  was up 0.86% at
28,739.12. The S&P 500  .SPX  was up 0.56% at 3,502.88 and the Nasdaq Composite
 .IXIC  was up 0.39% at 11,759.401.
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PG.INX  percentage gainers:
 ** General Electric Co  GE.N , up 6%
 ** Westrock Company  WRK.N , up 4.4%
 ** United Rentals Inc  URI.N , up 3.8%
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PL.INX  percentage losers:
 ** J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc  JBHT.O , down 9.1%
 ** Schlumberger Ltd  SLB.N , down 8.2%
 ** Citizens Financial Group Inc  CFG.N , down 4.5%
 
 The top three NYSE  .PG.N  percentage gainers:
 ** Hertz Global Holdings Inc  HTZ.N , up 145.6%
 ** Cit Group Inc  CIT.N , up 26.3%
 ** Oblong Inc  OBLG.N , up 24.3%
 
 The top three NYSE  .PL.N  percentage losers:
 ** Sos Limited  SOS.N , down 11.4%
 ** Scorpio Bulkers Inc  SALT.N , down 9%
 ** NTN Buzztime Inc  NTN.N , down 8.9%
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PG.O  percentage gainers:
 ** Eargo Inc  EAR.O , up 110.8%
 ** Praxair Inc  PRAX.O , up 50.6%
 ** SG Block Inc  SGBX.O , up 42.1%
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PL.O  percentage losers:
 ** Calyxt Inc  CLXT.O , down 22.7%
 ** Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc  ADAP.O , down 19.5%
 ** Del Taco Restaurants Inc  TACO.O , down 19.3%
 
 
 
 ** Gilead  GILD.O : down 1.2%
 BUZZ- Dips as WHO study raises doubts on remdesivir's benefits against COVID-19
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72D5
 
 ** Yandex N.V  YNDX.O : down 3.0%
 BUZZ-Russia's Yandex terminates Tinkoff buyout talks, shares down  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72EQ
 
 ** MMTEC Inc  MTC.O : up 12.4%
 BUZZ- Rises on strong half-year revenue  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72L6
 
 ** Amarin  AMRN.O : up 2.6%
 BUZZ- Rises on positive data from heart drug study  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72L4
 
 ** Chewy Inc  CHWY.N : up 4.3%
 BUZZ- Gains as Jefferies upgrades to 'buy'  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72LH
 
 ** Pfizer Inc  PFE.N : up 3.0%
 ** BioNTech SE  BNTX.O : up 3.7%
 BUZZ-Pfizer seeks U.S. emergency use nod for COVID-19 vaccine in November,
shares rise  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72MN
 
 ** Schlumberger  SLB.N : down 8.2%
 BUZZ- Down after Q3 revenue plunges on demand hit  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72KD
 
 ** CIT Group  CIT.N : up 26.3%
 BUZZ- Rises on First Citizens buyout deal  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72R2
 
 ** Orchard Therapeutics  ORTX.O : up 9.6%
 BUZZ- Rises after EU panel endorses co's gene therapy  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72UP
 
 ** SG Blocks Inc  SGBX.O : up 42.1%
 BUZZ- Jumps on deal with Blink Charging  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72VM
 
 ** Hertz  HTZ.N : up 145.6%
 BUZZ- Rips higher on $1.65 bln DIP funding  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72W3
 
 ** Jakks Pacific Inc  JAKK.O : up 0.5%
 BUZZ- Surges after Benefit Street boosts stake  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72WX
 
 ** Calyxt Inc  CLXT.O : down 22.7%
 BUZZ- Drops on deep-discounted direct stock deal  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2H70JH
 
 ** Lazydays Holdings Inc  LAZY.O : up 18.4%
 BUZZ-Lazydays Holdings rebounds after co scraps equity offering  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2H70AU
 
 ** Boeing  BA.N : up 2.4%
 BUZZ-Boeing takes flight as 737 MAX nears European safety approval  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72XN
 
 ** Navistar  NAV.N : up 23.0%
 BUZZ- Soars on report of nearing deal with Volkswagen's Traton  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H731C
 
 ** J.B. Hunt Transport Services  JBHT.O : down 9.1%
 BUZZ- Down on Q3 profit miss  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72YW
 
 ** Coffee Holding Co  JVA.O : up 8.1%
 BUZZ- Jumps as co to launch CBD-infused coffee  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H733Q
 
 ** GTT Communications  GTT.N : up 9.0%
 BUZZ- Rises as co to sell infrastructure unit for $2.15 bln  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H737G
 
 ** Regeneron  REGN.O : up 2.7%
 BUZZ- Up after EU panel endorses expanded use of eczema drug  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72ZP
 
 ** Daqo New Energy  DQ.N : down 0.7%
 BUZZ- Drops after lowering Q3 sales guidance  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H737J
 
 ** Apache Corp  APA.O : down 2.2%
 ** Marathon Oil  MRO.N : down 3.5%
 ** Occidental Petroleum  OXY.N : down 3.2%
 ** Schlumberger NV  SLB.N : down 8.2%
 ** Chevron  CVX.N : down 0.3%
 ** Exxon Mobil  XOM.N : down 0.4%
 ** Halliburton Co  HAL.N : down 4.4%
 ** Baker Hughes  BKR.N : down 1.9%
 BUZZ-U.S. energy cos fall as COVID-19 resurgence weakens oil prices
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H739B
 
 ** Bank of New York Mellon Corp  BK.N : up 2.5%
 BUZZ- Rises as co tops Q3 Street estimates  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H73A0
 
 ** Tarsus Pharmaceuticals Inc  TARS.O : up 0.3%
 BUZZ- Rises 1.25% in Nasdaq debut  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72YY
 
 ** Del Taco Restaurants  TACO.O : down 19.3%
 BUZZ- Plunges on muted results, Q4 expectations  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H73AA
 
 ** Vaxart  VXRT.O : down 3.4%
 BUZZ- Down after report on U.S. probe into claims related to COVID-19 vaccine
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H73BN
    
 ** Praxis Precision Medicines  PRAX.O : up 50.6%
 BUZZ- Rises 36.5% in Nasdaq debut  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72ZF
 
 ** Nikola Corporation  NKLA.O : down 13.9%
 BUZZ-Nikola tumbles, on track for 3rd straight day of losses  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2H714P
 
 ** Kiromic BioPharma Inc  KRBP.O : down 7.1%
 BUZZ- Falls nearly 2% in Nasdaq debut  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H735L
 
 ** Opthea Ltd  OPT.O : down 4.5%
 BUZZ- Falls 18% in Nasdaq debut  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H73CJ
 
 ** Eargo  EAR.O : up 110.8%
 BUZZ-Hearing aid maker Eargo's shares double in Nasdaq debut  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2H72ZU
    
 The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
 
 Communication Services   .SPLRCL   up 0.52%
 Consumer Discretionary   .SPLRCD   up 0.19%
 Consumer Staples         .SPLRCS   up 0.49%
 Energy                   .SPNY     down 1.57%
 Financial                .SPSY     up 0.28%
 Health                   .SPXHC    up 1.31%
 Industrial               .SPLRCI   up 1.13%
 Information Technology   .SPLRCT   up 0.38%
 Materials                .SPLRCM   up 0.93%
 Real Estate              .SPLRCR   up 0.15%
 Utilities                .SPLRCU   up 1.39%
 
 (Compiled by Dania Nadeem in Bengaluru)
 ((Dania.Nadeem@thomsonreuters.com;))