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The blue-chip Dow and the benchmark S&P 500 inched up on Tuesday, shored up by financials stocks in anticipation of a key policy verdict from the Federal Reserve this week, while investors also awaited Big Tech results. .N

At 1140 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 0.12% at 40,588.14. The S&P 500 .SPX was down 0.67% at 5,426.89 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 1.36% at 17,134.64.

The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** Howmet Aerospace , up 13.3%
** F5 Inc , up 11.2%
** Stanley Black & Decker , up 7.3%

The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** CrowdStrike Holdings , down 10.3%
** Merck & Co , down 9.3%
** Corning Inc , down 9.2%

The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:
** Lumen Technologies , up 27.6%
** Meta Data , up 17.5%
** Douglas Dynamics , up 13.5%

The top NYSE .PL.N percentage loser:
** Better Choice Company , down 21.3%

The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** Immunome Inc , up 151.3%
** Inspirato Inc , up 55.2%
** Processa Pharmaceuticals , up 29.9%

The top two Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** QXO Inc , down 81.1%
** Novavax Inc , down 26.9%


** Merck & Co Inc MRK.N: down 9.3%
BUZZ - Slumps as drugmaker flags concerns about Gardasil vaccine demand in China

** Procter & Gamble Co PG.N: down 5.7%
BUZZ - Slumps on surprise drop in Q4 sales

** CrowdStrike Holdings Inc CRWD.O: down 10.3%
BUZZ - Falls after report Delta Air to seek compensation over cyber outage

** F5 Inc FFIV.O: up 11.1%
BUZZ - Jumps after forecasting Q4 revenue, profit above estimates

** Novavax Inc NVAX.O: down 26.9%
BUZZ - Falls after J.P. Morgan downgrades to 'underweight'

** Vista Outdoor Inc VSTO.N: up 4.6%
BUZZ - Climbs after company to review strategic alternatives for unit

** PayPal Holdings Inc PYPL.O: up 6.7%
BUZZ - Up after raising FY24 adjusted profit forecast

** Archer-Daniels-Midland Co ADM.N: down 1.5%
BUZZ - Falls on Q2 profit miss

** JetBlue Airways Corp JBLU.O: up 16.4%
BUZZ - Climbs on posting surprise Q2 profit

** Corning Inc GLW.N: down 9.2%
BUZZ - Falls on downbeat Q3 forecast

** Getty Realty Corp GTY.N: down 5.6%
BUZZ - Falls on pricing $105 mln stock offering

** Affirm Holdings Inc AFRM.O: up 2.4%
BUZZ - Rises as BofA upgrades to 'buy', bullish on profitability target

** Howmet Aerospace Inc HWM.N: up 13.3%
BUZZ - Surges on annual profit, revenue forecast raise

** Sysco Corp SYY.N: up 4.2%

BUZZ - Rises on annual sales forecast, Q4 profit beat

** Stanley Black & Decker Inc SWK.N: up 7.3%

BUZZ - Rises on upbeat Q2 results, annual profit forecast

** Woodward Inc WWD.O: down 18.2%

BUZZ - Tumbles after Q3 rev miss

** Varonis Systems Inc VRNS.O: up 10.5%

BUZZ - Hits over two-year highs after FY24 forecast lift

** Phillips 66 PSX.N: up 4.8%

BUZZ - Rises on profit beat in Q2 despite lower margins

** AGCO Corp AGCO.N: down 5.2%

BUZZ - Shares drop after quarterly report disappoints

** Lattice Semiconductor Corp LSCC.O: down 8.1%

BUZZ - Slumps on dour forecast, brokerage PT cuts

** BioNTech SE BNTX.O: up 0.6%

BUZZ - Rises after cancer therapy meets goal in mid-stage study

** Gartner Inc IT.N: up 6.4%

BUZZ - Rises on annual profit forecast raise

** IPG Photonics Corp IPGP.O: down 5.7%

BUZZ - Drops after Q2 profit, revenue misses estimates

** Merchants Bancorp MBIN.O: down 15.9%

BUZZ - Slumps after loans worry

** Spirit Airlines Inc SAVE.N: up 5.7%

BUZZ - Up after announcing premium seating

The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Puyaan Singh in Bengaluru)

((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))