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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose on Tuesday as most megacap stocks gained, with focus moving to key inflation data later this week that could provide more clarity on the extent of the Federal Reserve's expected interest rate cut on Sept. 18. .N

At 11:34 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 0.5% at 40,639.63. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 0.17% at 5,480.53 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 0.41% at 16,954.15.

The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** Oracle Corporation ORCL.N, up 12.3%
** Equinix EQIX.OQ, up 3.7%
** Digital Realty Trust DLR.N, up 3.5%

The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.N, down 6.9%
** Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE.N, down 6.9%
** Synchrony Financial SYF.N, down 6.5%

The top two NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:
** Oracle Corporation ORCL.N, up 12.3%
** a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp AKA.N, up 9.8%

The top two NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:
** Ally Financial ALLY.N, down 15.8%
** Skillsoft Corp SKIL.N, down 14.7%

The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** BIO-key International BKYI.O, up 133.8%
** SMX (Security Matters) SMX.O, up 49.4%
** Trevena TRVN.O, up 35.3%

The top two Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** Aligos Therapeutics ALGS.O, down 21.6%
** Alimera Sciences ALIM.O, down 20%

** Apple Inc AAPL.O: down 0.4%
BUZZ - Slips on Huawei phone launch, disappointment on staggered AI rollout in iPhone

** Oracle Corp ORCL.N: up 12.3%
BUZZ - Climbs after Q1 results beat estimates

** Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS.N: down 4.9%
BUZZ - Dips as CEO says trading revenue is heading for a slide

** AngloGold Ashanti PLC AU.N: down 8.1%
BUZZ - Centamin jumps on agreeing to $2.5 bln takeover by AngloGold Ashanti

** Barrick Gold Corp GOLD.N: up 0.7%

** Kinross Gold Corp KGC.N: up 3.9%

** Newmont Corp NEM.N: up 0.4%
BUZZ - RBC Capital Markets raises its outlook on gold price; lifts PT on miners

** Ford Motor Co F.N: down 3.4%

** General Motors Co GM.N: down 5.4%
BUZZ - Wells Fargo cuts Ford, GM's PT, sees lower vehicle production for Detroit Three

** Kodiak Gas Services Inc KGS.N: up 4.2%
BUZZ - Lifts after EQT's share sale priced

** Cleveland-Cliffs Inc CLF.N: down 3.4%
BUZZ - Citi cuts Cleveland-Cliffs' PT amid steel price lows

** CRH PLC CRH.N: up 0.6%
BUZZ - Rate cuts to benefit building materials sector, HSBC say

** Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc IONS.O: down 9.9%
BUZZ - Falls on pricing $500 mln stock offering

** Viridian Therapeutics Inc VRDN.O: up 18.5%
BUZZ - Rises as eye disorder treatment meets main goal in late-stage study

** Freeport-McMoRan Inc FCX.N: down 0.9%

** Hudbay Minerals Inc HBM.N: down 0.4%
BUZZ - RBC Capital Markets cuts 2024 copper price outlook; lowers PT on miners

** Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co HPE.N: down 6.9%
BUZZ - Slides on $1.35 bln convertible deal to fund Juniper buy

** Rubrik Inc RBRK.N: down 6.2%
BUZZ - Dips after quarterly results

** Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc ASO.O: up 3.9%
BUZZ - Down after trimming annual sales forecast

** Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc ARWR.O: up 2.0%
BUZZ - Rises on breakthrough therapy tag for genetic disease therapy

** Cardinal Health Inc CAH.N: up 1.4%

** Cencora Inc COR.N: up 0.9%
BUZZ - Rises on breakthrough therapy tag for genetic disease therapy

** Alimera Sciences Inc ALIM.O: down 20.0%
BUZZ - Down on filing lawsuit against ANI Pharma to close deal

** Sirius XM Holdings Inc SIRI.O: down 2.8%
BUZZ - Falls after beginning trading under structure; cuts 2024 FCF target

** Centessa Pharmaceuticals PLC CNTA.O: up 10.5%
BUZZ - Rises on early-stage data for sleep disorder drug

** Relay Therapeutics Inc RLAY.O: down 11.1%
BUZZ - Retreats on planned equity offering

** Wynn Resorts Ltd WYNN.O: down 1.9%
BUZZ - offers $800 mln in senior ; shares down

** Boeing Co BA.N: down 2.0%
BUZZ - Shares fall; union members angry with labor deal, official says

** Morgan Stanley MS.N: down 3.1%

** Bank of America Corp BAC.N: down 2.4%

** Citigroup Inc C.N: down 3.6%
BUZZ - Big US Banks fall after Fed's Barr unveils sweeping capital plan revisions

** Chevron Corp CVX.N: down 1.6%

** Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N: down 2.6%

** Baker Hughes Co BKR.O: down 1.7%

** Phillips 66 PSX.N: down 1.6%
BUZZ - US energy sector slips as Brent crude hits three-year low

** ConocoPhillips COP.N: down 1.1%

** Chevron Corp CVX.N: down 1.6%

** Hess Corp HES.N: down 2.3%

** Occidental Petroleum Corp OXY.N: down 1.0%
BUZZ - Piper Sandler lowers PT of energy firms on weak prices

** JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.N: down 6.9%
BUZZ - Falls after NII comments from a top executive

The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Kashish Tandon)

((Kashish.tandon@thomsonreuters.com))