U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-IBM, Tesla, Synchrony Financial, Waters
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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq dropped on Wednesday as U.S. stocks gave up a strong start, hamstrung by lingering concerns over economic growth, while the Dow stayed afloat helped by strong earnings from IBM and other blue-chips.
At 13:26 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.28 percent at 24,471.64. The S&P 500 was down 0.16 percent at 2,628.81 and the Nasdaq Composite was down 0.29 percent at 6,999.671.
The top three S&P 500 percentage gainers:
** Synchrony Financial, up 10.6 pct
** Waters Corp, up 10.1 pct
** IBM Corp, up 8.2 pct
The top three S&P 500 percentage losers:
** Capital One Financial, down 5.5 pct
** Take Two, down 5.3 pct
** Whirl Pool Corp, down 5.2 pct
The top three NYSE percentage gainers:
** Daxor Corp, up 13.2 pct
** Synchrony Financial, up 10.6 pct
** Vipshop Hold Ltd, up 10.1 pct
The top three NYSE percentage losers:
** Quotient Technlogy, down 14.3 pct
** Reeds Inc, down 12.2 pct
** CynergisTek Inc Ord, down 10.9 pct
The top three Nasdaq percentage gainers:
** Spi Energy Co, up 222.3 pct
** Boxlight Corp Ord, up 48.3 pct
** Blink Charging Co, up 34.3 pct
The top three Nasdaq percentage losers:
** Avalon GloboCare Corp, down 42.6 pct
** Tiziana Life Sciences PLC, down 18.4 pct
** Borqs Technologies Inc, down 15.6 pct
** Tesla Inc: down 5.5 pct
Tesla says reduced production hours for Model S, X
Tesla to cut production hours for Model S and X
** FedEx Corp: down 1.8 pct
** United Parcel Service: down 2.4 pct
FedEx, UPS hit by report Amazon wooing shippers on lower delivery fees
** Qualcomm Inc: down 4.8 pct
Qualcomm Inc: Down after hedge fund says stock price could shrink by half
** eHeatlh Inc: up 9.5 pct
eHealth continues ascent on strong Medicare application growth
** United Technologies Corp: up 4.8 pct
United Technologies Corp: Shares rise on Q4 profit beat
United Tech profit beats on higher aero parts sales
** Procter & Gamble Co: up 4.4 pct
Procter & Gamble: Up as Q2 results beat
P&G raises forecast on strength of skin care, detergent brands
** Comcast Corp: up 4.5 pct
Comcast Corp: Set to jump as Q4 revenue beats analyst expectations
Comcast results beat on lower-than-expected video losses
** Rollins Inc: down 4.7 pct
Rollins Inc: Drops after Q4 EPS and revenue miss
** Amdocs Ltd: down 11.8 pct
Amdocs: Short-seller Spruce Point sets 'strong sell' rating
** Waters Corp: up 10.3 pct
Waters Corp: Eyes one-year high on sparkling FY profit forecast
** Quotient Technology: down 15.2 pct
Quotient Technology: Hits near 3-year low after slashing revenue forecast
** Dell: up 1.7 pct
Dell: 'Buy' rating at Citi snaps lackluster Wall St run
** TE Connectivity Ltd: down 3.7 pct
TE Connectivity Ltd: Cuts fiscal 2019 forecast on China weakness
** Accuray Inc: up 11.8 pct
Accuray Inc: Jumps as strong China orders spur profitability target
** Bellerophon Therapeutics: down 22.8 pct
** Selecta Biosciences: down 21.1 pct
** PTC Therapeutics: down 10.6 pct
Four healthcare companies slide on pricing of stock deals
** Restaurant Brands: up 8.8 pct
Restaurant Brands: Rises after M&A chatter, CEO appointment
Restaurant Brands names Burger King boss Jose Cil as CEO
** IBM Corp: up 7.7 pct
IBM: Gains on strong 2019 profit forecast
** Walmart Inc: up 0.8 pct
MS cautious of hard goods retailers, ups Walmart to 'outperform'
** Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd: up 2.7 pct
Teva: Rises after UBS says stock "too cheap to ignore", upgrades
** Synchrony Financial: up 10.0 pct
Synchrony Financial: Rises after Walmart drops lawsuit, strong Q4 results
** Kimberly-Clark Corp: down 2.6 pct
Kimberly-Clark: Drops on weak 2019 profit forecast
Kimberly-Clark misses profit estimates, shares fall
** Abbott Laboratories: down 2.4 pct
Abbott Labs: Falls on Q4 revenue miss; weak Q1 profit forecast
** Athersys Inc: up 9.4 pct
Athersys: Surges on positive lung disease treatment results
The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
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Communication Services |
down 0.12 pct |
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Consumer Discretionary |
down 0.12 pct |
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Consumer Staples |
up 0.77 pct |
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Energy |
down 1.08 pct |
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Financial |
down 0.25 pct |
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Health |
down 0.35 pct |
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Industrial |
down 0.24 pct |
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Information Technology |
up 0.01 pct |
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Materials |
down 1.07 pct |
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Real Estate |
down 0.39 pct |
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Utilities |
up 0.66 pct |
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