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Wall Street's main indexes slipped in volatile trading on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's highly anticipated first interest rate cut in more than four years, with jitters over the magnitude of the reduction dominating mood..N

At 13:42 ET, the S&P 500 .SPX was up 0.07% at 5,638.43 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 0.07% at 17,639.978.

The top two S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** West Pharmaceutical Services , up 3.9%
** General Motors , up 2.5%

The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** Resmed , down 5.5%
** Sysco , down 4.1%
** Albemarle , down 3.2%

The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:
** Bausch Health , up 11.3%
** KORE Group Holdings , up 9.2%
** Grupo Televisa , up 9.2%

The top three NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:
** LiveWire , down 20.8%
** Healthy Choice Wellness , down 20.4%
** Kairos Pharma , down 9.2%

The top two Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** Portage Btch Ord , up 185.2%
** Intuitve Mch Wnt , up 72.6%

The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** Galmed Pharmaceuticals , down 51.9%
** Cibus , down 28.8%
** Datasea , down 26.5%

** General Mills GIS.N: up 1.1%
BUZZ - Up on signs of improving volume trends through FY25

** 23andMe Holding ME.O: up 2.5%
BUZZ - Down after independent directors quit board

** Intuitive Machine LUNR.O: up 49.0%
BUZZ - Jumps on $4.8 bln contract from NASA

** GE Healthcare Technologies GEHC.O: up 2.3%
BUZZ - BTIG upgrades GE Healthcare to 'buy'

** VF VFC.N: up 4.3%
BUZZ - Up after Barclays raises to 'overweight', hikes PT

** i-80 Gold IAUX.N: up 10.7%
BUZZ - Names new CEO; shares rise

** Super Micro Computer SMCI.O: up 1.4%
BUZZ - Rises after Needham initiates coverage with 'Buy'

** Cibus CBUS.O: down 28.8%
BUZZ - Slides after $12 mln stock offering

** Ambac Financial Group AMBC.N: up 5.6%
BUZZ - Hits over 1-month high after Roth MKM's upgrade

** Extra Storage Space EXR.N: up 1.7%
BUZZ - Rises on Jefferies upgrade

** Applied Therapeutics APLT.O: up 63.9%
BUZZ - Jumps as US FDA cancels panel meeting for genetic disorder drug

** Casella Waste Systems CWST.O: down 6.0%
BUZZ - Drops on $450 mln stock offering for acquisition

** MicroStrategy MSTR.O: up 2.0%
BUZZ - Announces pricing $875 mln convertible deal, shares slip

** United States Steel X.N: up 3.0%
BUZZ - Up on report of CFIUS delaying decision on Nippon merger

** Powerfleet AIOT.O: up 9.4%
BUZZ - Rises on Fleet Complete deal

** ResMed RMD.N: down 5.5%
BUZZ - Falls as Wolfe Research downgrades to 'underperform' on GLP-1 risks

** NMI Holdings NMIH.O: up 2.0%
BUZZ - Rises after RBC upgrades to 'outperform'

** Cencora COR.N: down 2.0%
BUZZ - Drops after report of drug distributor paying $75 million in ransom

** Vivos Therapeutics VVOS.O: up 69.6%
BUZZ - Rises on FDA approval for pediatric sleep apnea device

** Trump Media & Technology Group DJT.O: down 3.0%
BUZZ - Plumbs new lows as lock-up expiration approaches

** Gladstone Investment GAIN.O: up 4.0%
BUZZ - Gains on supplemental cash distribution to stockholders

** Apple AAPL.O: up 1.8%
BUZZ - Shares outperform; iPhone 16 reviews out, demand questioned

** WillScot Holdings WSC.O: down 2.7%

** McGrath RentCorp MGRC.O: down 5.0%
BUZZ - Shares down after merger collapses

** Exxon Mobil XOM.N: up 0.6%

** Chevron CVX.N: up 0.8%

** Chesapeake Energy CHK.O: up 1.7%

** PBF Energy PBF.N: up 1.8%
BUZZ - US energy sector mixed as market digests US crude data, awaits Fed rates decision

The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Neil J Kanatt)

((Neil.JKanatt@thomsonreuters.com))