U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-U.S. defense stocks, Uber, health insurers, big pharma

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04/11/2020 18:21

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Wall Street's main indexes surged on Wednesday as investors bet that an
excruciatingly close race for the White House could end with a gridlock in
Congress that would reduce the chance of major policy changes.  .N 
    At 13:06 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average  .DJI  was up 2.57% at
28,185.87. The S&P 500  .SPX  was up 3.23% at 3,477.9 and the Nasdaq Composite
 .IXIC  was up 4.09% at 11,616.49.
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PG.INX  percentage gainers:
 ** Biogen Inc  BIIB.O , up 40.3%
 ** Eli Lilly  LLY.N , up 15.4%
 ** Cigna Corp  CI.N , up 13.8%
 
 The top three S&P 500  .PL.INX  percentage losers:
 ** Comerica  CMA.N , down 9.1%
 ** Zions Bancorp  ZION.O , down 8.9%
 ** M&T Bank  MTB.N , down 8.2%
 
 The top NYSE  .PG.N  percentage gainers:
 ** Xpeng Inc  XPEV.N , up 19.4%
 ** Eli Lilly  LLY.N , up 15.4%
 ** Cigna Corp  CI.N , up 13.8%
 
 The top NYSE  .PL.N  percentage losers:
 ** Corecivic Inc  CXW.N , down 16.7%
 ** Clearwater  CLW.N , down 13%
 ** Contura Energy, down 12.1% 
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PG.O  percentage gainers:
 ** Biogen  BIIB.O , up 40.3%
 ** Athira Pharma  ATHA.O , up 36.8%
 ** Cassava Sciences  SAVA.O , up 33.1%
 
 The top three Nasdaq  .PL.O  percentage losers:
 ** Repro Med Systems  KRMD.O , down 26.9%
 ** Tabula Rasa HealthCare  TRHC.O , down 17.1%
 ** KBL Merger Corp. IV.  KBLM.O , down 16.6%
 
 
 
 ** Advanced Micro Devices  AMD.O : up 5.8%
 BUZZ-Goldman upgrades to 'Conviction List', cites "compelling" opportunity
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 ** Biogen  BIIB.O : up 40.3%
 BUZZ-Soars as Alzheimer's drug approval chances improve  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ493
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 ** Lockheed Martin  LMT.N : up 4.7%
 ** Raytheon Technologies  RTX.N : up 1.3%
 ** Northrop Grumman  NOC.N : up 5.3%
 ** Boeing Co  BA.N : flat
 ** General Dynamics  GD.N : up 2.4%
 BUZZ-U.S. defense stocks gain as Republicans seen retaining control of the
Senate  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ408
 
 ** KKR & Co Inc  KKR.N : up 6.6%
 ** Blackstone Group Inc  BX.N : up 6.8%
 ** BlackRock Inc  BLK.N : up 4.2%
 ** Apollo Global Management Inc  APO.N : up 5.3%
 BUZZ-U.S. PE firms gain on prospect of Republicans retaining Senate control
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ4BC
 
 ** Kandi Tech  KNDI.O : up 16.0%
 BUZZ-Jumps on regulatory clearance for two electric-vehicle models  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ4CR
 ** Trade Desk  TTD.O : up 9.1%
 BUZZ-Rises as brokerages hike PTs ahead of result  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ3RA
 ** Zebra Tech  ZBRA.O : up 2.8%
 BUZZ-Needham turns bullish on upbeat quarterly earnings, outlook  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ4DF
 ** Geo Group  GEO.N : down 12.0%
 ** CoreCivic Inc  CXW.N : down 16.7%
 BUZZ-U.S. prison operators reverse course to slump as Biden leads key states
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ49K
 ** Allogene Therapeutics  ALLO.O : down 12.6%
 BUZZ-Drops on bigger Q3 loss  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ4E9
 ** Vulcan Materials  VMC.N : down 5.9%
 ** Martin Marietta Materials  MLM.N : down 6.0%
 ** Jacobs Engineering  J.N : down 4.0%
 BUZZ-Construction stocks hammered as U.S. election still undecided  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2HQ296
 ** Clearwater Paper  CLW.N : down 12.9%
 BUZZ-Set for worst day in over 7 months on softer Q4 outlook  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ4EQ
 ** PulteGroup Inc  PHM.N : up 7.2%
 ** Tri Pointe  TPH.N : up 5.2%
 ** D.R. Horton Inc  DHI.N : up 7.0%
 ** Toll Brothers Inc  TOL.N : up 5.3%
 BUZZ-U.S. homebuilders gain as Treasury yields drop after early vote count
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ4HS
 ** Corsair Gaming  CRSR.O : up 6.5%
 BUZZ-Rises as brokerage hikes PT before Q3 results  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ4HQ
 ** LogicBio  LOGC.O : up 2.1%
 BUZZ-Rises as rare metabolism disorder therapy gets FDA fast track tag
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 ** Wendy's  WEN.O : down 4.0%
 BUZZ-Wendy's: Drops on quarterly revenue miss  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ3UC
 
 ** Prudential Financial  PRU.N : down 2.8%
 BUZZ-Prudential Financial: MS hikes PT on upbeat Q3 results  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ402
 
 ** Kura Oncology  KURA.O  : down 0.5%
 BUZZ-Slips on safety concerns in leukemia treatment trial  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ42A
 
 ** Alibaba  BABA.N : up 4.0%
 BUZZ-Remains top internet mega-cap pick  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ3TC
 
 ** Digirad Corp  DRAD.O : up 18.7%
 BUZZ-Digirad gains on sale of mobile healthcare unit  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HP3KR
 
 ** Coca-Cola Consolidated  COKE.O : up 2.4%
 BUZZ-Jumps on strong Q3 results  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HP3MJ
 
 ** Supernus Pharma  SUPN.O : up 18.0%
 BUZZ-Jumps as seizure medication drives strong Q3 results  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HP3PW
 ** Tabula Rasa HealthCare  TRHC.O : down 17.1%
 BUZZ-Tabula Rasa HealthCare down on revenue fall  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HP3WB
 
 ** Mercury Systems  MRCY.O : down 5.2%
 BUZZ-Slips on lower Q1 profit as expenses rise  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HP3XF
 
 ** Park Ohio Holdings Corp  PKOH.O : up 2.0%
 BUZZ-Jumps on Q3 beat  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HP3WR
 
 ** Nabors Industries Ltd  NBR.N : up 2.1%
 BUZZ-Slips after Q3 revenue misses estimates  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HP40A
 
 
 ** Barrick Gold  GOLD.N : down 1.3%
 ** AngloGold  AU.N : down 2.1%
 ** Agnico Eagle Mines  AEM.N : down 3.1%
 BUZZ-Gold miners fall as dollar gains on tight White House race  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ3EG
 
 
 ** Enphase  ENPH.O : down 0.1%
 ** Sunpower  SPWR.O : down 4.8%
 ** First Solar  FSLR.O : down 6.6%
 ** Solaredge  SEDG.O : down 0.5%
 BUZZ-U.S. solar energy stocks slide with presidential election too close to
call  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ46V
 
 
 ** Uber Technologies Inc  UBER.N : up 11.8%
 ** Lyft Inc  LYFT.O : up 8.6%
 BUZZ-Jumps after winning bid to keep California drivers as contractors
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ3FR
 
 
 ** Chevron Corp  CVX.N : up 2.0%
 ** Exxon Mobil Corp  XOM.N : up 1.7%
 ** Occidental Petroleum  OXY.N : up 2.3%
 BUZZ-Oil stocks up as crude rises after Trump falsely claims victory in U.S.
election  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ3GV
 
 
 ** UnitedHealth  UNH.N : up 11.6%
 ** CVS Health Corp  CVS.N : up 3.2%
 ** Anthem  ANTM.N : up 12.3%
 BUZZ-Health insurers rise amid ongoing tight U.S. election race  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ411
 
 
 ** Apple Inc   AAPL.O : up 4.2%
 ** Amazon.com Inc  AMZN.O : up 5.8%
 ** Alphabet Inc  GOOGL.O : up 6.2%
 ** Netflix Inc  NFLX.O : up 2.7%
 BUZZ-Big Tech jumps amid tightening White House race  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ3HP
 
 
 ** Roku  ROKU.O : up 4.5%
 BUZZ-Rises as brokerage raises PT ahead of Q3 results  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ3GR
 
 ** Pfizer  PFE.N : up 4.6%
 ** Merck & Co  MRK.N : up 7.0%
 ** Biogen  BIIB.O : up 40.3%
 BUZZ-Big pharma rises as U.S. presidential race tightens  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ3O1
 
 ** Super Micro Computer  SMCI.O : up 20.9%
 BUZZ-Up on earnings beat for Q1  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ3O8
 
 ** Vertiv Holdings  VRT.N : up 2.4%
 BUZZ-Vertiv Holdings rises on Q3 revenue beat  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2HQ3SS
   
 The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
 
 Communication Services   .SPLRCL   up 4.57%
 Consumer Discretionary   .SPLRCD   up 3.66%
 Consumer Staples         .SPLRCS   up 1.24%
 Energy                   .SPNY     up 2.19%
 Financial                .SPSY     up 0.31%
 Health                   .SPXHC    up 5.58%
 Industrial               .SPLRCI   up 0.68%
 Information Technology   .SPLRCT   up 4.13%
 Materials                .SPLRCM   down 0.32%
 Real Estate              .SPLRCR   up 1.51%
 Utilities                .SPLRCU   up 0.12%
 
 (Compiled by Arundhati Sarkar in Bengaluru)
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