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A Microsoft-led rally in technology shares pushed U.S. stock indexes higher on
Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates as expected and
left the door open for further monetary intervention. .N
At 11:44 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 0.35% at
27,242.16. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 0.40% at 3,018.76 and the Nasdaq Composite
.IXIC was up 0.54% at 8,221.181.
The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** Kroger Co KR.N , up 2.9%
** Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc ALXN.O , up 2.7%
** Microsoft Corp MSFT.O , up 2.1% urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N269459
The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** Seagate Technology STX.O , down 6.2%
** Darden Restaurants Inc DRI.N , down 3.7% urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A32S
** Noble Energy Inc NBL.N , down 2.9%
The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:
** AIM ImmunoTech Inc AIM.N , up 65.5%
** Ping Identity Holding Corp PING.N , up 26.3%
** Eros International Plc EROS.N , up 24.8% urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A345
The top three NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:
** United States Steel Corp X.N , down 11.2% urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26948I
** Seadrill Ltd SDRL.N , down 11%
The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** Westwater Resources Inc WWR.O , up 24.5%
** Edesa Biotech Inc EDSA.O , up 19.8%
** Synlogic Inc SYBX.O , up 13.6%
The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** IGM Biosciences IGMS.O , down 16.4%
** SPI Energy Co SPI.O , down 13%
** Puhui Wealth Investment Management Co PHCF.O , down 12%
** Etsy Inc ETSY.O : down 0.5%
BUZZ-Etsy flat in heavy volumes; co to use part of convertible deal proceeds
for share buybacks urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N26A0JJ
** Herman Miller Inc MLHR.O : up 4.4%
BUZZ-Jumps on profit, revenue beat urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26946R
** Microsoft Corp MSFT.O : up 2.1%
BUZZ-Up on $40 bln share buyback plan, quarterly dividend raise urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N269459
** United States Steel Corp X.N : down 11.2%
BUZZ-Drops on weak outlook, broker downgrade urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A30H
** Akamai Technologies Inc AKAM.O : down 1.4%
BUZZ-Upcoming OTT services unlikely for co to materially beat expectations-
KeyBanc urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A2SS
** Overstock.com Inc OSTK.O : down 1.6%
BUZZ-Falls after former CEO sells stake urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A2TI
** Applied DNA Sciences Inc APDN.O : down 27.7%
BUZZ-Falls on proposed stock-and-warrants offering urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A2Y6
** Ares Management Corp ARES.N : down 4.3%
BUZZ-Falls after pricing stock offering urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A2YX
** Provention Bio Inc PRVB.O : down 10.9%
BUZZ-Slides on $60 mln equity raise as Amgen chips in urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N26A0BX
** Hilton Grand Vacations Inc HGV.N : up 1.1%
** Hyatt Hotels Corp H.N : up 1.5%
BUZZ-GS sees muted growth in U.S. lodging: Upgrades Hyatt, downgrades
Hilton urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A2XU
** India Globalization Capital Inc IGC.A : up 10.2%
BUZZ-Jumps after Alzhemier's formulation gets approval for mid-stage study
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A30A
** Brown-Forman Corp BFb.N : down 1.6%
BUZZ-Evercore downgrades to 'underperform' on valuation urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A32D
** Darden Restaurants Inc DRI.N : down 3.7%
BUZZ-Not tasty as Q1 sales miss urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A32S
** Eros International EROS.N : up 24.8%
BUZZ-Soars after partnering with Microsoft urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A345
** Twilio Inc TWLO.N : up 2.9%
BUZZ-MS sees opportunity in recent pullback; upgrades urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A340
** Bandwidth Inc BAND.O : down 1.5%
BUZZ-Morgan Stanley downgrades to 'underweight' urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A364
** NCR Corp NCR.N : down 4.0%
BUZZ-Falls as Blackstone rings the register urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N26A0H4
** Westwater Resources Inc WWR.O : up 24.5%
BUZZ-Surges on graphite procurement deal urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A390
** Euro Tech Holdings Company Ltd CLWT.O : up 11.5%
BUZZ-Euro Tech to open at over 4-month high on bonus issue plan urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A3A6
** Ocean Power Technologies Inc OPTT.O : up 6.4%
BUZZ-Rises on contract wins worth ~$1.9 mln urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A3B8
** Costco Wholesale Corp COST.O : down 1.8%
BUZZ-Bernstein turns bearish urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A3DM
** Enterprise Financial Services Corp EFSC.O : up 1.3%
BUZZ-Rises after Raymond James starts with "outperform" urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A3E3
** Centene Corp CNC.N : up 1.2%
** Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc ALXN.O : up 2.7%
** China Biologic Products Holdings CBPO.O : up 10.7%
BUZZ-Healthcare stocks boost S&P 500 after Pelosi unveils drug pricing proposal
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A3IE
BUZZ-Jumps on take-private buyout offer urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26948Q
** Foundation Building Materials Inc FBM.N : down 8.3%
BUZZ-Stockholder plans share sale in secondary offering urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A3JH
** Tesla Inc TSLA.O : up 1.4%
BUZZ-Up after Model 3 earns insurance industry's top safety rating urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A3KA
** Global Ship Lease Inc GSL.N : up 13.7%
BUZZ-Up on $268 mln loan refinancing urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N26A3KS
The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
Communication Services .SPLRCL up 0.35%
Consumer Discretionary .SPLRCD up 0.20%
Consumer Staples .SPLRCS up 0.09%
Energy .SPNY down 0.24%
Financial .SPSY up 0.38%
Health .SPXHC up 0.70%
Industrial .SPLRCI up 0.15%
Information Technology .SPLRCT up 0.71%
Materials .SPLRCM up 0.69%
Real Estate .SPLRCR up 0.30%
Utilities .SPLRCU up 0.09%
(Compiled by C Nivedita and Ayanti Bera in Bengaluru)
((C.Nivedita@thomsonreuters.com; within the U.S. +1 646 223 8780, outside the
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