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Wall Street's main stock indexes extended their gains in choppy trading on Monday after clocking their best week of the year, while investors looked ahead to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole for rate-cut indications. .N

At 11:39 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 0.48% at 40,855.02. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 0.42% at 5,577.76 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 0.40% at 17,702.387.

The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** EQT Corporation , up 4.4%
** Moderna Inc , up 4%
** Match Group , up 3.8%

The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** HP Inc , down 3.3%
** Domino’s Pizza , down 2.6%
** Starbucks Corp , down 1.8%

The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:
** BK Technologies Corporation , up 40%
** Battalion Oil Corporation , up 25%
** Zim Integrated Shipping Services , up 22.5%

The top two NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:
** BM Technologies , down 10.7%
** Indonesia Energy Corporation , down 10.4%

The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** Alzamend Neuro , up 436.8%
** Virax Biolabs Group , up 220.7%
** Applied DNA Sciences , up 179.1%

The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** Liquida Corp , down 32.4%
** Cingulate , down 30.1%
** Faraday Future Intelligent Electric , down 18.8%

** FuboTV Inc FUBO.N: up 30.1%
BUZZ - Up after US judge temporarily blocks launch of sports-streaming venture by rivals

** Dutch Bros Inc BROS.N: down 3.4%
BUZZ - Slides after Piper Sandler downgrades to ''

** GeoVax Labs Inc GOVX.O: up 33.9%
BUZZ - Extends gains, rival Tonix Pharma jumps

** Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD.O: up 3.1%
BUZZ - Up on plans to acquire ZT Systems for $4.9 bln

** Liquidia Corp LQDA.O: down 32.4%
BUZZ - Slumps as US FDA holds back final approval for blood pressure drug

** Shake Shack Inc SHAK.N: down 2.0%
BUZZ - Dips after Piper Sandler downgrades to '', cuts PT

** B. Riley Financial Inc RILY.O: down 6.2%
BUZZ - Shares drop 9%, continuing last week's sell off

** Sonder Holdings Inc SOND.O: up 56.1%
BUZZ - Skyrockets after licensing agreement with Marriott

** HP Inc HPQ.N: down 3.3%
BUZZ - Slips as Morgan Stanley downgrades on valuation

** Guess? Inc GES.N: down 2.6%
BUZZ - CFO to step down; shares fall

** Lineage Inc LINE.O: up 3.3%
BUZZ - Rises as IPO banks weigh in after research quiet period ends

** Nikola Corp NKLA.O: down 9.8%
BUZZ - Falls on $160 mln senior convertible offering

** J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc JBHT.O: up 1.7%
BUZZ - Rises after announcing $1 bln share repurchase program

** McDonald's Corp MCD.N: up 2.9%
BUZZ - Rises after Evercore ISI raises target price

** Kineta Inc KA.O: up 12.1%
BUZZ - Rises on resuming enrollment in early-stage cancer study

** Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd AEM.N: up 1.1%

** Kinross Gold Corp KGC.N: up 1.2%
BUZZ - Scotiabank raises PT on gold miners on upbeat price expectations

** Mosaic Co MOS.N: up 1.4%

** Nutrien Ltd NTR.N: up 2.0%
BUZZ - Piper Sandler cuts PT on fertilizer makers

** Hecla Mining Co HL.N: up 3.7%

** Coeur Mining Inc CDE.N: up 1.9%

** Wheaton Precious Metals Corp WPM.N: up 2.3%
BUZZ - Silver miners gain on US Fed rate-cut hopes

The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru)

((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))