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Wall Street's main indexes climbed on Friday as a softer-than-expected inflation report boosted hopes of an early start to interest-rate cuts, while investors assessed a mixed bag of earnings reports from major lenders. .N

At 10:40 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 0.46% at $37,536.16. The S&P 500 .SPX was down 0.05% at 4,777.82 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 0.05% at 14,978.29.

The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** Cognizant Technology Solutions CTSH.O, up 4.4%
** The Bank of New York Mellon BK.N, up 4%
** EPAM Systems EPAM.N, up 2.9%

The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** United Airlines Holdings UAL.O, down 8.9%
** American Airlines Group AAL.O, down 8.4%
** Delta Air Lines DAL.N, down 8.1%

The top NYSE .PG.N percentage gainer:
** Wipro WIT.N, up 17.2%

The top two NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:
** Bank of Montreal GDXD.N, down 10.6%
** Flyexclusive FLYX.N, down 8.3%

The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** Applied UV AUVI.O, up 26.6%
** Flexsteel Industries FLXS.O, up 25.4%
** Spectral AI MDAI.O, up 23.1%

The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** Mountain Crest Acquisition MCAF.O, down 22.7%
** Swvl Holdings SWVL.O, down 21.1%
** Bitcoin Depot BTM.O, down 20.5%

** Nordic American Tankers NAT.N: up 4.8%

** DHT Holdings DHT.N: up 5.7%

** Golden Ocean Group GOGL.O: up 2.5%

** Zim Integrated Shipping Services ZIM.N: up 7.7%
BUZZ - Shipping stocks rise as US, Britain strike against Houthis

** Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC PSNY.O: down 5.7%
BUZZ - Volvo Car shares slide after Polestar volumes miss target

** Chevron CVX.N: up 0.9%

** Exxon Mobil XOM.N: up 0.7%

** Occidental Petroleum OXY.N: up 0.9%

** Schlumberger NV SLB.N: up 1.5%
BUZZ - Oil players gain on rising crude prices as Red Sea tensions escalate

** Tesla TSLA.O: down 2.4%

** Nio NIO.N: down 0.9%

** Xpeng XPEV.N: down 2.0%

** Li Auto LI.O: down 2.3%
BUZZ - Falls after flagging output hit from Red Sea disruption

** Newmont NEM.N: up 1.3%

** Barrick Gold GOLD.N: up 2.4%

** Gold Fields GFI.N: up 5.0%

** Harmony Gold Mining HMY.N: up 6.4%
BUZZ - Gold miners shine as Middle East tensions lift bullion's appeal

** Delta Air Lines DAL.N: down 8.1%

** American Airlines Group AAL.O: down 8.4%

** Southwest Airlines LUV.N: down 5.1%

** United Airlines Holdings UAL.O: down 8.9%
BUZZ - Slides on annual profit forecast cut

** UnitedHealth Group UNH.N: down 4.2%

** CVS health CVS.N: down 3.4%

** Humana AB HUM.N: down 3.6%

** Cigna Group CI.N: down 1.4%
BUZZ - US health insurers fall after UnitedHealth posts higher-than-expected medical costs

** Qualcomm QCOM.O: up 0.8%
BUZZ - Up after Citi upgrades to 'buy' from ''

** International Flavors & Fragrances IFF.N: up 1.1%
BUZZ - Names Erik Fyrwald as CEO; shares rise

** Energy Fuels UUUU.N: up 6.6%

** Uranium Energy UEC.N: up 9.5%

** Ur-Energy URG.N: up 5.9%

** Cameco CCJ.N: up 7.4%
BUZZ - Uranium miners jump after Kazatomprom flags production shortfall in 2024

** Momentus MNTS.O: down 22.6%
BUZZ - Slides as space tech co flags going concern doubts

** Snowflake SNOW.N: down 1.0%
BUZZ - Falls as Barclays downgrades on competition headwinds

** Wayfair W.N: down 6.4%
BUZZ - Falls as Truist cuts PT on signs of lower US revenue

** Boeing BA.N: down 1.7%
BUZZ - Falls as FAA sees more manufacturing issues, increases oversight

** Bank of New York Mellon BK.N: up 4.0%
BUZZ - Rises on higher revenue, assets under management

** Netflix NFLX.O: up 0.4%
BUZZ - Rises as Oppenheimer sets Street high PT

The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:

(Compiled by Anuja Bharat Mistry and Rajarshi Roy)

((AnujaBharat.Mistry@thomsonreuters.com))