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U.S. stock indexes climbed on Friday, regaining some lost ground following a weak session on Wall Street after inflation concerns rekindled monetary policy caution ahead of a long weekend. .N

At 13:50 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 0.15% at 39,124.31. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 0.69% at 5,303.94 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 1.07% at 16,915.298.

The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** Deckers Outdoor Corporation DECK.N, up 13%
** First Solar Inc FSLR.O, up 9.8%
** Ross Stores Inc ROST.O, up 8.9%

The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** Intuit Inc INTU.O, down 8.3%
** Dayforce Inc DAY.N, down 8.3%
** Salesforce Inc CRM.N, down 2.9%

The top two NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:
** Oklo Inc OKLO.N, up 23.3%
** Ryde Group Ltd RYDE.N, up 20.1%

The top two NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:
** Better Choice Company Inc BTTR.N, down 11.9%
** Lions Gate Entertainment Corp LGFa.N, down 10.6%

The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** Akanda Corp AKAN.O, up 36%
** Merus NV MRUS.O, up 32.6%
** Innovative Solutions and Support Inc ISSC.O, up 27.5%

The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** Verastem Inc VSTM.O, down 65.3%
** Genelux Corporation GNLX.O, down 40.7%
** Binah Capital Group Inc BCG.O, down 24.8%

** Workday Inc WDAY.O: down 15.2%
BUZZ - Slumps after trimming Q2 subscription revenue forecast

** Apple Inc AAPL.O: up 1.8%
BUZZ - Wedbush raises Apple PT to reflect higher AI monetisation opportunities, China turnaround

** Guardant Health Inc GH.O: up 12.4%
BUZZ - Rises as US FDA advisers back approval of cancer test

** Intuit Inc INTU.O: down 8.3%
BUZZ - Falls after Q3 results; brokerage flags weakness in consumer unit

** Shift4 Payments Inc FOUR.N: up 6.6%
BUZZ - Rises after Wedbush initiates coverage

** Merus NV MRUS.O: up 32.6%
BUZZ - Climbs after positive interim data for cancer therapy combo

** XPO Inc XPO.N: up 2.4%
BUZZ - Rises after Stifel upgrades to 'buy', lifts PT

** FedEx Corp FDX.N: down 0.8%
BUZZ - J.P.Morgan lowers FedEx PT citing USPS contract loss

** Howmet Aerospace Inc HWM.N: up 2.6%
BUZZ - Rises after Bernstein lifts PT

** Martin Midstream Partners LP MMLP.O: up 3.3%
BUZZ - Rises after buyout offer

** Newmont Corp NEM.N: up 1.6%

** Barrick Gold Corp GOLD.N: up 0.5%

** Sibanye Stillwater Ltd SBSW.N: up 3.3%

** Gold Fields Ltd GFI.N: up 1.6%
BUZZ - Gold miners rise as dollar edges lower

** Dell Technologies Inc DELL.N: up 5.2%
BUZZ - Hits record high amid rally in AI stocks

** Nutanix Inc NTNX.O: up 1.8%
BUZZ - Rises after brokerages raise PT

The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Roshia Sabu in Bengaluru)

((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))