Wall Street's main indexes inched higher on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged progress in lowering inflation, encouraging expectations the central bank was done with its interest rate hiking campaign. .N

At 14:00 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 0.66% at 36,189.55. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 0.43% at 4,587.27 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 0.31% at 14,269.752.

The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:
** Boston Properties , up 10.5%
** Ulta Beauty , up 10.3%
** Paramount Global , up 9.2%

The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:
** Pfizer , down 4.8%
** Intel Corporation , down 1.8%
** Netflix , down 1.7%

The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:
** iBio , up 1,384.8%
** Elastic NV , up 35%
** Pineapple Financial , up 31.2%

The top three NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:
** Ampio Pharmaceuticals , down 46.2%
** Genesco , down 20.3%
** Proof Acquisition , down 13%

The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:
** Garden Stage , up 116.3%
** Brilliant Acquisition , up 50.9%
** XBP Europe Holdings , up 43.3%

The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:
** Incannex Healthcare , down 33.5%
** Minim , down 23.9%
** Royalty Management Holding , down 21.8%


** Alibaba Group Holding BABA.N: down 1.5%
BUZZ - U.S.-listed shares of Alibaba drop on Morgan Stanley downgrade nL4N3CW28T

** Tesla TSLA.O: down 1.2%
BUZZ - Techs suggest key impediments are under threat nL1N3CV2RQ

** Biora Therapeutics BIOR.O: up 8.1%
BUZZ - Rises after FDA allows human trials for bowel disease treatment nL4N3CW2E7

** Altimmune ALT.O: up 27.2%
BUZZ - Rises after obesity drug study shows 15.6% weight loss nL4N3CW2EY

** Chipotle Mexican Grill CMG.N: up 0.9%
BUZZ - RBC Capital raises Chipotle Mexican Grill's PT on strong demand nL4N3CW2FU

** Coinbase Global COIN.O: up 6.5%

** MicroStrategy MSTR.O: up 4.5%

** Riot Platforms RIOT.O: up 8.7%

** Marathon Digital Holdings MARA.O: up 12.5%
BUZZ - Crypto stocks rise at start of December as bitcoin hits 18-month high nL4N3CW2JS

** Marvell Technology MRVL.O: down 5.4%
BUZZ - Slips on dour Q4 revenue forecast nL4N3CW2KT

** Dell Technologies DELL.N: down 4.4%
BUZZ - Falls after third-quarter revenue misses estimates nL4N3CW3I9

** Pfizer PFE.N: down 4.8%
BUZZ - Falls after scrapping plans to advance twice-daily obesity pill studynL4N3CW3FO

** Super Micro Computer SMCI.O: down 2.3%
BUZZ - Slips on $524 mln equity raise nL1N3CW16S

** Fisker FSR.N: up 11.1%
BUZZ - Up on cutting production to save cash for working capital nL4N3CW2X3

** UiPath PATH.N: up 26.4%
BUZZ - Rises as brokerages lift PT on Q3 profit beat nL4N3CW2OJ

** BioNTech SE BNTX.O: down 2.3%
BUZZ - Falls after J.P.Morgan downgrades to 'underweight' nL4N3CW34H

** Samsara IOT.N: up 22.2%
BUZZ - Gains on upbeat forecast, brokerages raise PT nL4N3CW30G

** Spirit AeroSystems Holdings SPR.N: up 2.7%
BUZZ - Up as Jefferies optimistic on FCF, raises PT nL4N3CV3E4

** Clearwater Analytics Holdings CWAN.N: down 8.3%
BUZZ - Tumbles as PE sponsors cut stakes nL1N3CW1FB

** SciSparc SPRC.O: up 6.7%
BUZZ - Rises on positive obesity drug data in animal study nL4N3CW35U

** Genesco GCO.N: down 20.3%
BUZZ - Falls on downbeat profit forecast for FY2024 nL4N3CW33U

** Paramount Global PARA.O: up 9.2%
BUZZ - Rises on reports of bundling streaming service with Apple nL4N3CW371

** Corebridge Financial CRBG.N: down 3.0%
BUZZ - Down as AIG's 35 mln share sale prices nL1N3CW1ID

** Norfolk Southern NSC.N: up 3.5%
BUZZ - Rises as BofA upgrades to "buy", raises PT nL4N3CW39Q

** American Woodmark AMWD.O: up 13.4%
BUZZ - Rises after Q2 beat nL4N3CW3FX

** Calumet Speciality Product Partners LP CLMT.O: up 1.5%
BUZZ - Climbs as Montana facility operations return to full capacity nL4N3CW3F3

** Ulta Beauty ULTA.O: up 10.3%
BUZZ - Eyes best day in 18 months after Q3 beat, forecast raise nL1N3CW1UL

** Chemours CC.N: up 7.6%
BUZZ - Gains after RBC upgrades to 'outperform' nL4N3CW3JW

** PVH PVH.N: up 1.3%
BUZZ - Up after brokerages raise PT nL4N3CW3FZ

** Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N: up 1.6%
BUZZ - Shares rise following UBS upgrade to "buy" nL1N3CW2BQ

The 11 major S&P 500 sectors:

Communication Services	.SPLRCL	down 0.51%
Consumer Discretionary	.SPLRCD	up 0.92%
Consumer Staples	.SPLRCS	up 0.15%
Energy	.SPNY	up 0.50%
Financial	.SPSY	up 0.66%
Health	.SPXHC	up 0.30%
Industrial	.SPLRCI	up 1.45%
Information Technology	.SPLRCT	up 0.02%
Materials	.SPLRCM	up 1.15%
Real Estate	.SPLRCR	up 1.73%
Utilities	.SPLRCU	up 0.99%

(Compiled by Anuja Bharat Mistry and Rajarshi Roy)

((AnujaBharat.Mistry@thomsonreuters.com))