Nike, Occidental Petroleum, Veeco Instruments

The main U.S. stock indexes declined on Wednesday as investors digested soft private payrolls data, while a federal government shutdown risked delaying economic data, heightening the uncertainty around the central bank's next policy move.

At 09:35 EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJI was down 0.07% at 46,364.74. The S&P 500 SPX was down 0.28% at 6,670.05, and the Nasdaq Composite IXIC was down 0.35% at 22,580.60.

The top three S&P 500 SPX percentage gainers:

** AES Corp AES, up 15.4%

** Nike Inc NKE, up 4.8%

** Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc TMO, up 3.5%

The top three S&P 500 SPX percentage losers:

** Corteva Inc CTVA, down 5.1%

** GE Vernova Inc GEV, down 2.8%

** News Corp NWS, down 2.7%

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

** Lithium Americas Corp LAC, up 22.6%

** AES Corp AES, up 15.4%

** Zeta Global Holdings Corp ZETA, up 8.4%

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

** Reddit Inc RDDT, down 6.9%

** AAR Corp AIR, down 6.6%

** Sos Ltd SOS, down 5.6%

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

** Chijet Motor Co Inc CJET, up 190.3%

** Ryvyl Inc RVYL, up 62.3%

** Healthcare Triangle Inc HCTI, up 27.4%

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

** Cheer Holding Inc CHR, down 72.1%

** Clean Energy Technologies Inc CCETY, down 35.6%

** Reitar Logtech Holdings Ltd RITR, down 34.7%

** Nike NKE:

BUZZ- Rises after surprise quarterly revenue growth

** Carvana CVNA:

BUZZ- Carvana rises after Jefferies upgrades rating, hikes PT

** Occidental Petroleum OXY:

BUZZ- Gains on report co in talks to sell OxyChem unit to Berkshire Hathaway

** AnaptysBio ANAB:

BUZZ- Climbs after Leerink raises PT on investor-friendly spinoff plans (Sept 30)

** AES AES:

BUZZ- Gains after report GIP nearing $38 billion takeover of co

** JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM:

** Citigroup Inc C:

** Morgan Stanley MS:

** Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS:

** Wells Fargo & Co WFC:

** Bank of America Corp BAC:

BUZZ- Major US banks slip as shutdown fears weigh

** Newmont Corp NEM:

** Barrick Gold Corp ABX:

** Gold Fields Ltd GFI:

** AngloGold Ashanti Ltd AU:

** Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd HAR:

** Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd AEM:

** Kinross Gold Corp K:

BUZZ- Gold miners gain as bullion hits record on US shutdown, Fed rate cut bets

** Hecla Mining Co HL:

** Coeur Mining Inc CDE:

** Endeavour Silver Corp EDR:

** Endeavour Silver Corp EDR:

** Silvercorp Metals Inc SVM:

** Silvercorp Metals Inc SVM:

** Abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF SIVR:

** iShares Silver Trust SLV:

BUZZ- Silver miners gain on weaker US dollar, Fed rate cut hopes

** Micron MU:

BUZZ- Falls as Samsung and SK Hynix secure OpenAI supply contract

** Delta Airlines DAL:

BUZZ- Rises after Jefferies upgrades to 'buy'

** Marvell Technology MRVL:

BUZZ- Falls after TD Cowen downgrades rating, cuts PT

** C4 Therapeutics CCCC:

BUZZ- Climbs after partnership with Pfizer for cancer therapy trial

** Peloton PTON:

BUZZ- Rises after launch of new fitness equipment [nL3N3VI0U0]

** Fortress FBIO:

BUZZ- Tumbles as FDA declines to approve genetic disorder drug

** Veeco Instruments VECO:

BUZZ- Up after $4.4 bln merger deal with Axcelis Technologies

** Reddit RDDT:

BUZZ- Falls after reports ChatGPT not using much of co's data

** Arm Holdings ARM:

BUZZ- Rises on Reuters report on Qualcomm shifting flagship chips to latest arm tech

** Lithium Americas LAC:

BUZZ- Jumps after US government takes stake in co

** AppLovin APP:

BUZZ- Citigroup and BofA raise PT on AppLovin, citing lower risks and strong growth potentia