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The Dow inched towards an all-time high on Wednesday, on a boost from retailers
Home Depot and Nike, while record daily U.S. COVID-19 infections kept gains in
check amid low trading volumes in the final week of the year. .N
At 12:38 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 0.20% at
36,469.39. The S&P 500 .SPX was down 0.03% at 4,785.07 and the Nasdaq
Composite .IXIC was down 0.37% at 15,723.968.
The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** Western Digital Corp WDC.O , up 6.3%
** Micron Technology Inc MU.O , up 3.8%
** Tractor Supply Co TSCO.O , up 2.6%
The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** Advanced Micro Devices AMD.O , down 2.9%
** Nvidia Corp NVDA.O , down 1.9%
** American Airlines Group Inc AAL.O , down 1.7%
The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:
** Takung Art Co Lt TKAT.N , up 32.5%
** Calix Inc CALX.N , up 14.1%
** Victoria's Secret & Co VSCO.N , up 11.8%
The top three NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:
** Zhangmen Education Inc ZME.N , down 13%
** Vertical Aerospace Ltd EVTL.N , down 11.7%
** KE Holdings Inc BEKE.N , down 8.9%
The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** Altamira Therapeutics Ltd CYTO.O , up 45%
** Pop Culture Group Co Ltd CPOP.O , up 36.5%
** Insignia Systems Inc ISIG.O , up 32.1%
The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** Medallion Financial Corp MFIN.O , down 28.1%
** Applied UV Inc AUVI.O , down 25.4%
** PyroGenesis Canada Inc PYR.O , down 19.6%
** Applied UV Inc AUVI.O : down 25.4%
BUZZ-Drops after pricing common stock offering urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1H2
** Pop Culture Group Co Ltd CPOP.O : up 36.5%
BUZZ-Eyes best week since debut, retail interest grows urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1JO
** Rivian Automotive RIVN.O : down 4.9%
BUZZ-Falls after delaying deliveries of pickup, SUV with big battery packs
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1JW
** Fuelcell Energy Inc FCEL.O : down 14.0%
BUZZ-Hits over 1-year-low on Q4 revenue miss urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1WI
** Can Fite Biopharma Ltd CANF.N : up 8.4%
BUZZ-Can Fite Biopharma to file patent applications after promising cancer drug
data, shares rise urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1LL
** Scienjoy Holding Corp SJ.O : up 4.3%
BUZZ-Set for best day in over a month on deal for Hongle.tv urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1WM
** NRX Pharmaceuticals Inc NRXP.O : up 4.9%
BUZZ-NRX seeks FDA breakthrough therapy tag for COVID-19 drug, shares rise
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1OA
** Insignia Systems Inc ISIG.O : up 32.1%
BUZZ-Eyes its best month since 1991, short interest jumps urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1RE
** Victoria's Secret & Co VSCO.N : up 11.8%
BUZZ-Jumps on $250 mln share buyback plan urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1NG
** Lucira Health Inc LHDX.O : up 1.1%
BUZZ-Jumps on distribution deal for COVID-19 test kits urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1P4
** Dynavax Technologies Corp DVAX.O : up 3.2%
BUZZ-Rises on PT hike after India's emergency use nod for Corbevax urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1PY
** Calix Inc CALX.N : up 14.1%
BUZZ-Hits all-time high on inclusion in S&P Midcap 400 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1OH
** Codex DNA Inc DNAY.O : up 12.7%
BUZZ-Rises on research and license deal with Pfizer urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1S8
** Cal-Maine Foods Inc CALM.O : down 3.3%
BUZZ-Drops on lower Q2 profit urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1R7
** MAG Silver Corp MAG.N : down 1.4%
BUZZ-Drops as Scotiabank cuts PT on project approval delay urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1TT
** Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc ORMP.O : up 3.4%
BUZZ-Rises as subsidiary signs pre-purchase order for COVID-19 vaccine
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1TV
** Medallion Financial Corp MFIN.O : down 28.1%
BUZZ-Sinks to one-year low after SEC charges co with fraud urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1UF
** Astra Space Inc ASTR.O : down 12.0%
BUZZ-Slumps after Kerrisdale issues short report urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2TE0YL
** Carnival Corp CCL.N : down 0.5%
** American Airlines AAL.O : down 1.8%
** Boeing BA.N : down 0.9%
BUZZ-Airlines, cruise stocks drop as Omicron spurs flight cancellations, hits
sailing urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1VW
** Alibaba Group Holding Ltd BABA.N : down 2.8%
BUZZ-Slips on reports of Weibo sale to Chinese state-owned co urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1UM
** Huntsman Corp HUN.N : up 3.5%
BUZZ-Hits almost 4-year-high as it considers sale of textiles unit urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2TE1WB
The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
Communication Services .SPLRCL down 0.50%
Consumer Discretionary .SPLRCD down 0.03%
Consumer Staples .SPLRCS up 0.41%
Energy .SPNY down 0.49%
Financial .SPSY flat
Health .SPXHC up 0.30%
Industrial .SPLRCI up 0.08%
Information Technology .SPLRCT down 0.18%
Materials .SPLRCM up 0.33%
Real Estate .SPLRCR up 0.32%
Utilities .SPLRCU up 0.29%
(Compiled by Ananya Mariam Rajesh in Bengaluru)
((AnanyaMariam.Rajesh@thomsonreuters.com))