Oct 14 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose on Monday, with the benchmark index touching an intraday record high as investors geared up for a week packed with corporate earnings and crucial economic data that will likely test stretched stock market valuations.
At 11:33 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones & Company Inc up 0.3% at 42,977.41. The S&P 500 was up 0.58% at 5,848.9 and the Nasdaq Composite was up 0.75% at 18,480.636.
The top three S&P 500 percentage gainers:
** Vistra Corp , up 5.1%
** Humana , up 4%
** Applied Materials , up 3.7%
The top three S&P 500 percentage losers:
** CrowdStrike Holdings , down 2.9%
** Albemarle , down 2.8%
** Arch Capital Group , down 2.8%
The top NYSE percentage gainer:
** Innovate Corp , up 15.3%
The top three NYSE percentage losers:
** OneConnect Financial Technology , down 17.2%
** Widepoint Corp , down 13.9%
** Westwood Holdings , down 11.9%
The top three Nasdaq percentage gainers:
** Verb Technology , up 76%
** Longboard Pharmaceuticals , up 51.2%
** Expion360 , up 49%
The top three Nasdaq percentage losers:
** Top Wealth , down 31.3%
** Banzai International , down 14.4%
** Orgenesis , down 10.4%
** Boeing Co : down 1.3%
BUZZ - Slips after preliminary results, job cuts, 777X delivery delay; brokerages cut PT
** B. Riley Financial Inc : up 26.5%
BUZZ - Soars after $386 mln deal to sell Great American Group unit to Oaktree
** Riot Platforms Inc : up 5.4%
** Hut 8 Mining Corp : up 7.6%
** Marathon Digital Holdings Inc : up 10.4%
** Coinbase Global Inc : up 9.2%
BUZZ - US crypto stocks rise after Bitcoin hits two-week high
** WeightWatchers International Inc : up 4.2%
** Hims & Hers Health Inc : up 10.0%
BUZZ - Telehealth firms rise as FDA to revisit Lilly's weight-loss drug shortage
** Canada Goose Holdings Inc : down 7.6%
BUZZ - Drops after Wells Fargo downgrades stock on weak China demand
** Caterpillar Inc : down 1.9%
BUZZ - Falls after Morgan Stanley lowers rating, cuts PT
** VF Corp : down 4.8%
BUZZ - Falls as Wells Fargo cuts rating, citing high valuation, slow turnaround
** Tesla Inc : up 0.6%
BUZZ - Gains after Evercore ISI hikes price target
** Amer Sports Inc : down 4.0%
BUZZ - Falls after Wells Fargo downgrades to 'equal weight'
** Triumph Group Inc : down 2.7%
BUZZ - J.P. Morgan cuts Triumph Group's rating on risk from Boeing strike
** Longboard Pharmaceuticals Inc : up 51.2%
BUZZ - Jumps on $2.6 bln Lundbeck buyout deal
** Upstart Holdings Inc : up 18.7%
BUZZ - Hits over 1-yr high after Wedbush upgrades to 'neutral'
** FirstEnergy Corp : up 1.0%
BUZZ - Rises as Jefferies initiates coverage with 'hold'
** SiriusXM Holdings Inc : up 7.7%
BUZZ - Rallies as Buffett's Berkshire boosts stake
** Expeditors International of Washington : down 1.1%
BUZZ - TD Cowen lowers Expeditors rating to 'sell', cuts PT
** SoFi Technologies Inc : up 7.9%
BUZZ - Rises on $2 bln agreement to expand loan platform business
** SentinelOne Inc : up 2.9%
BUZZ - Hits 7-month high as Piper Sandler upgrades to 'overweight'
** Jasper Therapeutics Inc : up 12.5%
BUZZ - Rises on prelim early-stage data for skin disease drug
** Affirm Holdings Inc : up 4.0%
BUZZ - Rises after Wedbush upgrades to 'neutral'
** Western Digital Corp : up 2.1%
BUZZ - Up as memory product gets certified for use in Nvidia AI server system
** Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc : up 11.4%
BUZZ - Jumps as Cycle Pharma reaffirms buyout offer
** Nasdaq Inc : up 1.4%
BUZZ - Inches up after Raymond James upgrades to 'outperform'
** Arch Capital Group Inc : down 2.9%
BUZZ - Falls after CEO appointment
** Adobe Inc : up 2.4%
BUZZ - Rises on roll-out of genAI video tools
** PG&E Corp : up 2.4%
BUZZ - Rises as Jefferies initiates coverage with 'buy'
** Diamondback Energy Inc : down 1.8%
BUZZ - Citi resumes Diamondback Energy coverage with 'neutral'
** Ulta Beauty Inc : down 0.6%
BUZZ - Down as Raymond James cuts PT on slowing growth, more promotions
** GE Vernova Inc : up 0.1%
BUZZ - BMO lifts PT on GE Vernova on power demand growth
** BlackRock Finance Inc : up 0.2%
BUZZ - Hits record high after brokerages raise PT on growth prospects
** NextDecade Corp : down 3.6%
** CNX Resources Corp : down 2.3%
** United States Natural Gas Fund LP : down 4.1%
** ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas LP : down 5.2%
BUZZ - Natgas producers fall on forecast for lower demand
** BigBear.ai Holdings Inc : up 12.4%
BUZZ - Up on $165 mln US Army contract
** First Busey Corp : down 1.3%
BUZZ - Falls as Stephens downgrades after CrossFirst deal
** Arm Holdings PLC : up 4.5%
** Applied Materials Inc : up 3.7%
** Lam Research Inc : up 2.8%
** KLA Corp : up 2.4%
BUZZ - Rises, eyes record as chip stocks advance
The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
Communication up 0.48%
Services
Consumer up 0.16%
Discretionary
Consumer up 0.05%
Staples
Energy down 0.20%
Financial up 0.56%
Health up 0.37%
Industrial up 0.31%
Information up 1.07%
Technology
Materials up 0.14%
Real Estate up 0.68%
Utilities up 1.01%
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Anshuman Tripathy)
((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))
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