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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit record highs on Wednesday as investors bought into technology stocks that have thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic following the upbeat quarterly results from Salesforce and HP Enterprise. .N
At 13:00 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 0.12% at 28,282.13. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 0.78% at 3,470.32 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 1.38% at 11,625.248. The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers: ** Salesforce.Com Inc
BUZZ-Street View: Salesforce on cloud nine after blow-out quarter ** Medtronic Plc MDT.N: up 1.0%
BUZZ-Street View: Medtronic's robust pipeline could be the answer ** Fluidigm Corp FLDM.O: up 38.3%
BUZZ-Soars after COVID-19 test gets emergency approval ** Tesla Inc TSLA.O: up 4.5%
BUZZ-Jefferies supercharges PT on battery-making potential ** Nordstrom Inc JWN.N: down 4.9%
BUZZ-Falls on downbeat Q2; brokerage calls results 'relative anomaly' ** Urban Outfitters Inc URBN.O: up 20.2%
BUZZ-Urban Outfitter jumps on surprise quarterly profit ** Express Inc EXPR.N: down 4.4%
BUZZ-Falls as Q2 loss wider than expected ** XpresSpa Group Inc XSPA.O: down 16.8%
BUZZ-Plunges on direct stock-and-warrants deal ** Trine Acquisition Corp TRNE.N: up 13.0%
BUZZ-Set for record high on Desktop Metal merger ** Dick's Sporting Goods Inc DKS.N: up 14.2%
BUZZ-Dick's Sporting Goods rises on strong sales as more people pick up golf ** Anaplan Inc PLAN.N: up 28.8%
BUZZ-Jumps on better-than-expected results, forecast ** Apple Inc AAPL.O: up 1.2%
BUZZ-Wedbush raises PT to highest on Street ** Nio Inc NIO.N: up 13.3%
BUZZ-Nio burning rubber as Morgan Stanley turns bullish ** First Solar FSLR.O: up 2.0%
BUZZ-BofA raises price objective on capacity boost plans ** Intuit Inc INTU.O: up 2.1%
BUZZ-Set for fifth straight record high on big Q4 beat ** Workday Inc WDAY.O: up 8.9%
BUZZ-Gains; Jefferies raises PT ahead of results ** Autodesk Inc ADSK.O: down 1.2%
BUZZ-Ticks lower on gloomy outlook ** Moderna Inc MRNA.O: up 5.8%
BUZZ-Rises on positive potential COVID-19 vaccine trial data ** Pure Storage Inc PSTG.N: down 10.4%
BUZZ-Pure Storage falls on gloomy Q3 sales outlook ** Clearside Biomedical CLSD.O: up 0.6%
BUZZ-Gains on new Europe, U.S. patents ** CohBar Inc CWBR.O: down 32.2%
BUZZ-Tumbles on discounted stock-and-warrant offering ** Garrett Motion Inc GTX.N: down 42.2%
BUZZ-Down as co seeks to address balance sheet concerns ** Chico's FAS Inc CHS.N: up 16.0%
BUZZ-Rises on expectations of improved cash flow in H2 ** K12 Inc LRN.N: down 10.2%
BUZZ-Shares schooled on planned $300 mln convertible debt offering ** 3D Systems Corp DDD.N: up 3.9%
BUZZ-Gains after co names new CFO ** Roku Inc ROKU.O: up 11.7%
BUZZ-Jumps as Citi sees account growth, starts with 'buy' ** Marathon Patent Group Inc MARA.O: up 2.0%
BUZZ-Bitcoin miner Marathon Patent rises on deal to buy peer Fastblock Mining ** Avid Bioservices CDMO.O: up 0.4%
BUZZ-Gains on contract to help develop antiviral drug candidate ** Palo Alto Networks PANW.N: up 0.3%
BUZZ-Rises as Deutsche Bank hikes PT to Street's highest ** Zoom Video Communications ZM.O: up 2.7%
BUZZ-Zoom Video hits $300 mark for first time USN ** REX American Resources REX.N: down 14.1%
BUZZ-Drops on Q2 loss vs year-ago profit as ethanol sales dive
The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:
Communication Services
.SPLRCL
up 2.64%
Consumer Discretionary
.SPLRCD
up 1.12%
Consumer Staples
.SPLRCS
down 0.01%
Energy
.SPNY
down 1.40%
Financial
.SPSY
down 0.13%
Health
.SPXHC
down 0.50%
Industrial
.SPLRCI
up 0.03%
Information Technology
.SPLRCT
up 1.86%
Materials
.SPLRCM
up 0.66%
Real Estate
.SPLRCR
down 1.15%
Utilities
.SPLRCU
down 1.25%
(Compiled by Shivani Kumaresan in Bengaluru)
((Shivani.Kumaresan@thomsonreuters.com ; +1 646 223 8780))
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
