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Wall Street's main indexes looked set to climb on Friday as optimism about an imminent interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve boosted sentiment ahead of the final trading session of a week that saw volatility due to the U.S.

At 10:28 EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJI was up 0.79% at 46,889.01.The S&P 500 SPX was up 0.32% at 6,736.59, and the Nasdaq Composite IXIC was up 0.03% at 22,851.38.

The top three S&P 500 SPX percentage gainers:

** Humana Inc HUM, up 5.7%

** Align Technology Inc ALGN, up 4.5%

** Centene Corp CNC, up 4.4%

The top three S&P 500 SPX percentage losers:

** Las Vegas Sands Corp LVS, down 5.6%

** Wynn Resorts Ltd WYNN, down 5.5%

** Palantir Technologies Inc PLTR, down 4.4%

The top three NYSE (.PG.N) percentage gainers:

** Alto Neuroscience Inc ANRO, up 58.0%

** Lithium Americas Corp LAC, up 26.7%

** SES AI Corp SES, up 16.0%

The top three NYSE (.PL.N) percentage losers:

** Lufax Holding Ltd LU, down 10.3%

** BGSF Inc BGSF, down 7.4%

** Roblox Corp RBLX, down 6.8%

The top three Nasdaq (.PG.O) percentage gainers:

** Epsium Enterprise Ltd EPSM, up 86.3%

** Actelis Networks Inc ASNS, up 75.9%

** Anbio Biotechnology NNNN, up 49.1%

The top three Nasdaq (.PL.O) percentage losers:

** American Rebel Holdings Inc AREBW, down 27.6%

** Masonglory Ltd MSGY, down 16.2%

** Aspire Biopharma Holdings Inc ASBP, down 14.3%

** USA Rare Earth USAR:

BUZZ- Rises after report firm in talks with White House

** Applied Materials AMAT:

BUZZ- Falls on $600 million revenue hit from China export curbs

** Duke Energy DUK:

BUZZ- Scotiabank raises PT on Duke Energy; upgrades to "sector outperform"

** Instacart CART:

BUZZ- Slips after Piper Sandler downgrades on rising competition

** CSW Industrials CSW:

BUZZ- J.P.Morgan cuts CSW Industrials PT on macro risks

** Shift4Payments FOUR:

BUZZ- Morgan Stanley cuts Shift4Payments' PT on low earnings optimism

** Rocket Pharmaceuticals RCKT:

BUZZ- Falls after pulling US application for blood disorder gene therapy

** Occidental Petroleum OXY:

BUZZ- Gains as Mizuho upgrades rating to 'Outperform' on balance sheet boost, shale strength

** Ovid Therapeutics OVID:

BUZZ- Jumps after seizure treatment shows promise in trial

** Alto Neuroscience ANRO:

BUZZ- Climbs on FDA's 'fast track' tag for schizophrenia drug

** Alaska Air ALK:

BUZZ- TD Cowen cuts Alaska Air PT amid cost pressure, IT outage impact

** Alphabet GOOG:

BUZZ- Morgan Stanley lifts Alphabet’s PT on stronger search and cloud growth boosting EPS

** Apple AAPL:

BUZZ- Down after Jefferies downgrades to 'underperform'

** Tesla TSLA:

BUZZ- J.P.Morgan lifts Tesla's PT on upbeat Q3 deliveries; shares rise

** BHP Group BHP:

** Southern Copper Corp SCCO:

** Freeport-McMoRan Inc FCX:

** Teck Resources Ltd TECK:

** Hudbay Minerals Inc BUZZ- Copper miners gain as red metal hits 16-month high

** Starbucks SBUX:

BUZZ- TD Cowen cuts Starbucks' PT on softening Gen-Z dynamic

** GME:

BUZZ- Falls after mixed shelf offering filing

** Esperion ESPR:

BUZZ- Cimbs after patent win over Dr. Reddy’s cholesterol drugs

** Victoria's Secret VSCO:

BUZZ- Up after Jefferies raises PT to Street high ahead of 2025 Fashion Show