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U.S. stock indexes fell on Wednesday as investors locked in profits after a strong 2023 and awaited the Federal Reserve’s December meeting minutes for clues on its interest rate path. (.N)
At 13:40 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) was down 0.39% at 37,566.73. The S&amp;P 500 (.SPX) was down 0.48% at 4,719.84 and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) was down 0.82% at 14,645.077.
The top three S&amp;P 500 (.PG.INX) percentage gainers:
** Marathon Petroleum (MPC.N) , up 4%
** Eli Lilly (LLY.N) , up 3.6%
** C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW.O) , up 2.5%
The top three S&amp;P 500 (.PL.INX) percentage losers:
** Enphase Enrgy (ENPH.O) , down 6.6%
** Waters (WAT.N) , down 5.8%
** Insulet (PODD.O) , down 5.7%
The top three NYSE (.PG.N) percentage gainers:
** Oragenics (OGEN.N) , up 116.2%
** TDCK (TDCX.N) , up 31.1%
** Yiren Digital (YRD.N) , up 19.5%
The top three NYSE (.PL.N) percentage losers:
** Banyan Acquisition (PNST.N) , down 38.4%
** Cano Health (CANO.N) , down 24.1%
** Altisource Asset Management (AAMC.N) , down 21.9%
The top three Nasdaq (.PG.O) percentage gainers:
** NexImmune (NEXI.O) , up 247.4%
** Sidus Space (SIDU.O) , up 59.7%
** Hongli Group (HLP.O) , up 50.7%
The top three Nasdaq (.PL.O) percentage losers:
** Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR.O) , down 24.8%
** TC BioPharm (TCBP.O) , down 23.3%
** Jin Medical International (ZJYL.O) , down 22.4%
** SoFi Technologies (SOFI.O) : down 13.2%
BUZZ - Falls as KBW turns bearish after stock’s recent run
** Dyne Therapeutics (DYN.O) : up 13.4%
BUZZ - Jumps on promising data for muscle disorder treatment
** Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO.O) : up 8.4%
BUZZ - Rises as blood disorder drug meets late-stage study goals
** Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN.O) : up 1.9%
BUZZ - Leerink sees increased sales for Regeneron’s eye drug, raises PT - Reuters
** Bitfarms (BITF.O) : down 0.9%
** Riot Platforms (RIOT.O) : down 2.6%
** Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA.O) : up 1.1%
BUZZ - Crypto stocks slide as bitcoin comes off 21-month high
** Merck &amp; Co (MRK.N) : up 2.2%
BUZZ - Citi picks Merck as its preferred pharma stock
** ABVC BioPharma (ABVC.O) : up 58.3%
BUZZ - Up on receiving $460 mln worth shares under licensing deal
** Xponential Fitness (XPOF.N) : down 8.3%
BUZZ - Falls after Piper Sandler downgrades to ‘neutral’
** Newmont Corp (NEM.N) : down 2.1%
** Barrick Gold Corp (GOLD.N) : down 2.6%
** AngloGold Ashanti Ltd (AU.N) : down 1.7%
** Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd (HMY.N) : down 2.0%
BUZZ - Gold miners slip on stronger dollar
** SentinelOne (S.N) : down 5.6%
BUZZ - To acquire PingSafe, shares drop
** Pure Storage (PSTG.N) : up 4.7%
BUZZ - Rises after inclusion in S&amp;P mid-cap index, Stifel PT raise
** Pfizer (PFE.N) : up 0.5%
BUZZ - Up on Canada approval for bleeding disorder gene therapy
** Suncor Energy (SU.N) : up 4.8%
BUZZ - Rises after flagging second-highest output in Q4
** Southern First Bancshares (SFST.O) : up 1.8%
BUZZ - Rises after Piper Sandler upgrades to ‘overweight’
** Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT.O) : down 2.7%
BUZZ - Down after Dyne’s drug trial for muscle disorder shows better result
** Rio Tinto (RIO.N) : down 0.7% ** BHP Group (BHP.N) : down 1.0% ** Southern Copper (SCCO.N) : down 1.1% ** Freeport-McMoRan (FCX.N) : down 1.6%
BUZZ - Copper miners fall on stronger dollar, weak China data
** Nike (NKE.N) : down 1.4%
BUZZ - Slips as RBC cuts PT on rising competition
** Amgen (AMGN.O) : up 1.1%
BUZZ - Shares extend gains to hit record high
** Xerox Holdings (XRX.O) : down 9.4%
BUZZ - Falls on new operating model, organizational structure
** Unum Group (UNM.N) : up 1.8%
BUZZ - Rises after JPM upgrades to ‘overweight’
** Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N) : down 3.5% ** JetBlue Airways Corp (JBLU.O) : down 5.7% ** United Airlines Holdings (UAL.O) : down 2.0% ** American Airlines Group (AAL.O) : down 2.6%
BUZZ - U.S. airline stocks fall as oil prices edge higher on supply concerns
** Rocket Companies (RKT.N) : down 7.4%
BUZZ - Shares drop after KBW downgrade to “underperform”
** Cigna Group (CI.N) : down 1.5%
BUZZ - Falls after report it is nearing deal to sell its Medicare business
** Blackstone (BX.N) : down 3.7%
BUZZ - Slips after Goldman downgrades ratings
** Coinbase Global (COIN.O) : down 2.3%
BUZZ - Soured risk, crypto slides have Coinbase techs leaning bearish
** Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) : up 0.6% ** Chevron (CVX.N) : up 1.9% ** Marathon Petroleum (MPC.N) : up 4.0% ** Halliburton (HAL.N) : up 1.7%
BUZZ - US energy sector gains as crude soars on Libyan oilfield shutdown
** Alight (ALIT.N) : down 2.0%
BUZZ - Shares down after another large block trade
** Coterra Energy (CTRA.N) : up 0.7%
** Civitas Resources (CIVI.N) : up 1.3%
** APA Corp (APA.O) : up 1.4%
** ConocoPhillips (COP.N) : up 1.6%
BUZZ - Mizuho sees limited upside in oil and gas prices in 2024
The 11 major S&amp;P 500 sectors:
Communication Services (.SPLRCL) up 0.36%
Consumer Discretionary (.SPLRCD) down 1.23%
Consumer Staples (.SPLRCS) down 0.34%
Energy (.SPNY) up 1.35%
Financial (.SPSY) down 0.50%
Health (.SPXHC) up 0.14%
Industrial (.SPLRCI) down 0.85%
Information Technology (.SPLRCT) down 0.84%
Materials (.SPLRCM) down 0.74%
Real Estate (.SPLRCR) down 1.54%
Utilities (.SPLRCU) flat
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Kabir Dweit)

US stock indexes fell as investors locked in profits after a strong 2023 and awaited the Federal Reserve's December meeting minutes for clues on its interest rate path. The top gainers were Marathon Petroleum, Eli Lilly, and C.H. Robinson Worldwide, while the top losers were Enphase Energy, Waters, and Insulet. Other notable movements included Dyne Therapeutics jumping on promising data, Merck being picked as Citi's preferred pharma stock, and US airline stocks falling as oil prices edged higher. The energy sector gained as crude soared on a Libyan oilfield shutdown.

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Merck

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Halliburton

Airbnb

Alight

Sarepta Therap

Delta Air Lines

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Agios Pharmac

Dell Tech

Apple

Xponential Fitness

ABVC BioPharma

Coterra Energy

SoFi Tech

Dyne Therapeutics

DexCom

Regeneron Pharma

Freeport Mcmoran

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Nike

Umum

Pfizer

Riot Platforms

Exxon Mobil

United Airlines

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Civitas Resources

ArrowHead Pharma

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Amgen

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Newmont

Rocket

American Airlines

Eli Lilly

Insulet

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BUZZ-U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Amgen, Unum, US energy sector