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The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 jumped around 2% on Wednesday, as investors hoped for hints from the Federal Reserve on the timing of rate cuts, a bullish forecast from AMD boosted chip stocks and Microsoft slipped after a higher spending forecast. .N

At 1341 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 0.46%. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 1.35% at 5,510.05 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 2.38% at 17,555.942.

The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** Vistra Corp , up 14.1%
** Match Group , up 13.7%
** Dayforce Inc , up 13.2%

The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** Humana Inc , down 9.1%
** Verisk Analytics , down 8.6%
** Bunge Global , down 7.9%

The top two NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:
** Bright Scholar Education Holdings , up 30.3%
** Concord Medical Services Holdings , up 22.6%

The top two NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:
** Community Healthcare Trust , down 20.2%
** Alto Neuroscience , down 19.5%

The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** NuZee Inc , up 61.9%
** Stardust Power , up 39.6%
** Powell Industries , up 39.3%

The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** PepGen Inc , down 42.5%
** Vaccinex Inc , down 37.2%
** SigmaTron International , down 36.3%

** Boeing Co BA.N: up 4.4%
BUZZ - Shares rise after CEO

** Vistra Corp VST.N: up 14.1%

** Constellation Energy Corp CEG.O: up 11.0%
BUZZ - Jump after grid operator power auction

** Starbucks Corp SBUX.O: up 4.3%
BUZZ - Up after co maintains annual forecasts despite Q3 sales miss

** Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD.O: up 2.6%

** Nvidia Corp NVDA.O: up 10.5%

** Broadcom Inc AVGO.O: up 9.6%

** Intel Corp INTC.O: up 0.8%
BUZZ - Rise on upbeat AI chip revenue forecast

** Microsoft Corp MSFT.O: down 1.3%
BUZZ - Falls to over a month low after cloud results raise concerns over AI spend

** DuPont de Nemours Inc DD.N: up 4.6%
BUZZ - Rises after beating Q2 profit estimates, raises FY forecast

** Penumbra Inc PEN.N: down 2.4%
BUZZ - Down after cutting annual revenue forecast

** Bunge Global SA BG.N: down 7.9%
BUZZ - Falls after missing second-quarter profit estimates

** T-Mobile US Inc TMUS.O: up 2.9%
BUZZ - Up after raising annual subscriber additions forecast

** CNH Industrial NV CNH.N: up 4.8%
BUZZ - Rises on Q2 beat

** Humana Inc HUM.N: down 9.1%
BUZZ - Slides on higher medical care use; other health insurers fall

** Pinterest Inc PINS.N: down 13.0%
BUZZ - Tumbles after forecasting Q3 revenue below estimates

** Altria Group Inc MO.N: down 3.5%
BUZZ - Drops after Q2 results miss on weak cigarette demand

** Groupon Inc GRPN.O: down 14.6%
BUZZ - Slides after wider loss in Q2

** GE HealthCare Technologies Inc GEHC.O: up 4.2%
BUZZ - Rises after reaffirming 2024 profit forecast

** Uber Technologies Inc UBER.N: up 2.3%
BUZZ - Rises on ride-hailing partnership with Chinese automaker BYD

** CBIZ Inc CBZ.N: down 15.6%
BUZZ - Falls on plans to buy accounting firm Marcum in $2.3 bln deal

** BorgWarner Inc BWA.N: up 9.7%
BUZZ - Rises on upbeat annual profit forecast

** Marriott International Inc MAR.O: down 6.0%
BUZZ - Falls on dour annual revenue growth view

** Cencora Inc COR.N: up 2.8%
BUZZ - Gains on raising 2024 profit forecast

** Verisk Analytics Inc VRSK.O: down 8.6%
BUZZ - Slumps after Q2 revenue misses estimates

** Waters Corp WAT.N: up 5.8%
BUZZ - Climbs after Q2 results beat

** Upstart Holdings Inc UPST.O: up 9.9%
BUZZ - Rallies as Mizuho becomes lone bull after double upgrade

** Kraft Heinz Co KHC.O: up 4.9%
BUZZ - Up as FY profit outlook unchanged but demand still soft

** Arista Networks Inc ANET.N: up 10.7%
BUZZ - Up as brokerages raise PT after Q3 revenue forecast

** Fair Isaac Corp FICO.N: up 1.0%
BUZZ - Unveils $1 bln buyback plan heading into quarterly report; shares up

** Mastercard Inc MA.N: up 2.8%
BUZZ - Gains after Q2 results beat estimates on spending resilience

** Lemonade Inc LMND.N: down 18.7%
BUZZ - Tumbles 20% after soft rev guidance

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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Puyaan Singh in Bengaluru)

((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))