Wall Street's main indexes soared on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 touching a one-week high, driven by lower-than-expected December core inflation data and robust quarterly earnings from major U.S. banks. .N
At 13:30 EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 1.62% at 43,205.43. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 1.74% at 5,944.76, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 2.32% at 19,486.48.
The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** Intuitive Surgical Inc ISRG.OQ, up 8.2%
** Texas Pacific Land Corp TPL.N, up 7.2%
** Bank of New York Mellon Corp BK.N, up 7.1%
The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** Viatris Inc VTRS.OQ, down 3.2%
** Lululemon Athletica Inc LULU.OQ, down 2.6%
** Hershey Co HSY.N, down 2.4%
The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:
** IONQ Inc IONQ.N, up 30.7%
** Wolfspeed Inc WOLF.N, up 28.4%
** Vertical Aerospace Ltd EVTL.N, up 26.7%
The top three NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:
** Li-Cycle Holdings Corp LICY.N, down 32.9%
** Bally's Corp BALYt.N, down 9.1%
** Kuke Music Holding Ltd KUKE.N, down 9.1%
The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** Safe & Green Holdings Corp SGBX.OQ, up 88.9%
** BIO-Key International Inc BKYI.OQ, up 63.5%
** Nauticus Robotics Inc KITT.OQ, up 48.0%
The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** PTL Ltd PTLE.OQ, down 79.3%
** Meiwu Technology Co Ltd WNW.OQ, down 60.8%
** Aclarion Inc ACON.OQ, down 60.5%
** BlackRock Inc BLK.N:
BUZZ - Up on Q4 profit rise, record assets nL4N3OB0UV
** Moderna Inc MRNA.O:
BUZZ - Falls as Morgan Stanley cuts PT nL4N3OB0VI
** Keros Therapeutics Inc KROS.O:
BUZZ - Drops on halting lung disease trial on safety concerns nL4N3OB0YA
** Boston Beer Company Inc SAM.N:
** Brown-Forman Corp BFb.N:
BUZZ - Citigroup cuts PT on Boston Beer, Brown-Forman citing slowing growth trends nL4N3OB0YY
** Rigetti Computing Inc RGTI.O:
** D-Wave Quantum Inc QBTS.N:
** Quantum Computing Inc QUBT.O:
** IonQ Inc IONQ.N:
BUZZ - Quantum computing stocks climb after Microsoft says time to be 'quantum-ready' in 2025 nL4N3OB127
** Oncolytics Biotech Inc ONCY.O:
BUZZ - Jumps after pancreatic cancer therapy gets regulatory nod nL4N3OB101
** Plug Power Inc PLUG.O:
BUZZ - Rises on agreement with Allied Green Ammonia nL4N3OB1AM
** OS Therapies Inc OSTX.N:
BUZZ - Rises after cancer therapy meets main goal in mid-stage trial nL4N3OB12J
** NeoGenomics Inc NEO.O:
BUZZ - Rises on better-than-expected 2025 revenue forecast nL4N3OB12C
** Beacon Roofing Supply Inc BECN.O:
BUZZ - Rejects QXO's buyout offer; shares up nL4N3OB1J8
** Wolfspeed Inc WOLF.N:
BUZZ - Rebounds after $200 mln stock sale nL6N3OB0J9
** Intuitive Surgical Inc ISRG.O:
BUZZ - Rises after preliminary Q4 revenue beats estimates nL4N3OB161
** WEX Inc WEX.N:
BUZZ - Citigroup says WEX's growth recovery to take longer, cuts to 'neutral' nL4N3OB12O
** UnitedHealth Group Inc UNH.N:
** Elevance Health Inc ELV.N:
** Humana Inc HUM.N:
** CVS Health Corp CVS.N:
BUZZ - Gain Medicare members, while CVS, Humana lose, data shows nL4N3OB18J
** Myriad Genetics Inc MYGN.O:
BUZZ - Falls after preliminary Q4 revenue misses estimates nL4N3OB17C
** Lululemon Athletica Inc LULU.O:
BUZZ - Brokerages lift Lululemon's PT on product innovation, raised Q4 forecasts nL4N3OB1AH
** JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.N:
** Wells Fargo & Co WFC.N:
** Citigroup Inc C.N:
** Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS.N:
BUZZ - Big banks jump as investment banking powers Q4 profits nL4N3OB163
** Digital Realty Trust Inc DLR.N:
BUZZ - Rises; Deutsche Bank turns bullish nL6N3OB0KT
** Energy Vault Holdings Inc NRGV.N:
BUZZ - Rises on partnership with NuCube Energy to power AI data centers nL4N3OB1BU
** Civitas Resources Inc CIVI.N:
BUZZ - Up as it weighs sale of DJ Basin assets nL4N3OB1BT
** Bank of New York Mellon Corp BK.N:
BUZZ - Gains after Q4 profit beat nL4N3OB1EL
** Netflix Inc NFLX.O:
BUZZ - Brokerages expect Netflix to climb ad-tier ladder on live events, partnerships nL4N3OB1C1
** Signet Jewelers Ltd SIG.N:
BUZZ - Telsey Advisory Group lowers PT on Signet Jewelers after co cuts Q4 forecasts nL4N3OB140
** Morgan Stanley MS.N:
BUZZ - Climbs as Wall Street awaits promising results nL4N3OB1FZ
** Chefs' Warehouse Inc CHEF.O:
BUZZ - Up after Jefferies raises PT on demand opportunity nL4N3OA1MT
** Bank of America Corp BAC.N:
BUZZ - Gains ahead of fourth-quarter earnings nL4N3OB1H0
** Spotify Inc SPOT.N:
BUZZ - Up after UBS raises PT nL4N3BM3TP
** Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc MFH.O:
BUZZ - Rises on $8 mln private investment nL4N3OB1I7
** Lineage Inc LINE.O:
BUZZ - Plumbs new depths after report of job cuts nL6N3OB0NW
The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
Index RIC | Index name | Percent change % |
.SPX | S&P 500 | 1.74 |
.SPLRCT | S&P 500 Information Technology | 2.15 |
.SPLRCU | S&P 500 Utilities | 1.48 |
.SPLRCD | S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary | 2.48 |
.SPLRCM | S&P 500 Materials | 0.74 |
.SPLRCI | S&P 500 Industrials | 0.75 |
.SPLRCL | S&P 500 Communication Services (Sector) | 2.85 |
.SPSY | S&P 500 Financials | 2.32 |
.SPLRCR | S&P 500 Real Estate | 0.68 |
.SPXHC | S&P 500 Health Care | 0.32 |
.SPLRCS | S&P 500 Consumer Staples | -0.03 |
.SPNY | S&P 500 Energy | 1.18 |
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Prakhar Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((Prakhar.srivastava2@thomsonreuters.com))