Oct 8 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were set to open marginally higher on Wednesday following a blip in a steady rally, as investors awaited fresh clues on the interest-rate trajectory. .N

** Intel Corp <INTC.O>: BUZZ - Falls; HSBC downgrades stock on weak foundry narrative, lack of deal clarity nL6N3VP0AI

** Newmont Corp <NEM.N>: ** Gold Fields Ltd <GFI.N>: ** AngloGold Ashanti PLC <AU.N>: ** Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd <HMY.N>:

BUZZ - Gold miners climb as bullion surges past $4,000/oz mark in record rally nL3N3VP0FK

** Confluent Inc <CFLT.O>: BUZZ - Rises on report software maker explores sale nL3N3UX0F1

** FedEx Corp <FDX.N>: BUZZ - Falls after J.P.Morgan downgrades to 'neutral', cuts PT nL6N3VP0EH

** Hecla Mining Co <HL.N>: ** Coeur Mining Inc <CDE.N>: ** Endeavour Silver Corp <EXK.N>: ** Silvercorp Metals Inc <SVM.N>:

BUZZ - Silver miners gain as white metal edges up on bet of US rate cuts nL3N3VP0HW

** Joby Aviation Inc <JOBY.N>: BUZZ - Descends on pricing $514 mln stock offering nL6N3VP0FW

** Schlumberger NV <SLB.N>: BUZZ - Bernstein cuts price target on SLB nL3N3VP0KW

** Zenas Biopharma Inc <ZBIO.O>: BUZZ - Rises on licensing deal for autoimmune drug potentially worth over $2 billion nL3N3VP0KG

** Esperion Therapeutics Inc <ESPR.O>: BUZZ - Tumbles on $75 mln equity raise nL6N3VP0IF

** Phillips 66 <PSX.N>: BUZZ - JP Morgan sees Phillips 66 third-quarter profit below Street nL3N3VP0KX

** CVS Health Corp <CVS.N>: BUZZ - Falls as Amazon Pharmacy to launch electronic kiosks for prescriptions nL3N3VP0MN

** Ford Motor Co <F.N>: BUZZ - Evercore ISI sees Ford supplier's plant fire hitting F-Series output nL3N3VP0LK

** AST Spacemobile Inc <ASTS.O>: BUZZ - Gains after expanding Verizon partnership nL3N3VP0OE

** CervoMed Inc <CRVO.O>: BUZZ - Rises after dementia drug shows promise in mid-stage study nL3N3VP0NP

** Live Nation Entertainment Inc <LYV.N>: BUZZ - Slips after unveiling $1.3 bln convertible bonds sale nL6N3VP0JM

** Werner Enterprises Inc <WERN.O>: BUZZ - Falls after TD Cowen downgrades to "hold" nL3N3VP0PC

** Freshpet Inc <FRPT.O>: BUZZ - Dives on BofA rating and price cuts; keeps FY outlook unchanged nL3N3VP0PV

** Werewolf Therapeutics Inc <HOWL.O>: BUZZ - Climbs on FDA's 'fast track' tag for cancer therapy nL3N3VP0QD

** Nano Nuclear Energy Inc <NNE.O>: BUZZ - Drops after $400 mln equity raise nL6N3VP0KN

** Hoth Therapeutics Inc <HOTH.O>: BUZZ - Rises as it expands AI push with Nvidia licenses nL3N3VP0QB

** Critical Metals Corp <CRML.O>: BUZZ - Surges on offtake agreement with REalloys nL3N3VP0RK

(Rajarshi Roy and Anshi Sancheti)

((Anshi.Sancheti@thomsonreuters.com))