The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ticked higher as investors piled into some mega-cap stocks, but Intel's plunge on a downbeat outlook and lingering geopolitical tensions sapped overall risk appetite. .N

At 13:30 EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 0.73% at 49,021.68. The S&P 500 .SPX was down 0.01% at 6,912.92, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 0.41% at 23,533.03.

The top three S&P 500 .PG.INX percentage gainers:

** Fortinet Inc FTNT.OQ, up 5.2%

** Microsoft Corp MSFT.OQ, up 4.4%

** CSX Corp CSX.OQ, up 4.2%

The top three S&P 500 .PL.INX percentage losers:

** Intel Corp INTC.OQ, down 17.3%

** $Capital One Financial Corp(COF-N)$ COF.N, down 7.2%

** Moderna Inc MRNA.OQ, down 7.0%

The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:

** Nine Energy Service Inc NINE.N, up 13.9%

** Gray Media Inc GTNa.N, up 13.5%

** Daqo New Energy Corp DQ.N, up 13.0%

The top three NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:

** BitGo Holdings Inc BTGO.N, down 13.1%

** Materion Corp MTRN.N, down 10.7%

** Spruce Power Holding Corp SPRU.N, down 10.5%

The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:

** Movano Inc MOVE.OQ, up 129.0%

** Direct Digital Holdings Inc DRCT.OQ, up 70.1%

** Brand Engagement Network Inc BNAI.OQ, up 60.5%

The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:

** Aptera Motors Corp SEV.OQ, down 40.7%

** Erayak Power Solution Group Inc RAYA.OQ, down 40.3%

** OLB Group Inc OLB.OQ, down 30.3%

** Intuitive Surgical Inc ISRG.O:BUZZ - Up after quarterly results beat estimates nL4N3YO0UV

** ASML Holding NV ASML.O:

** KLA Corp KLAC.O:

** Lam Research Corp LRCX.O:

BUZZ - Berenberg says robust spending on chipmaking tools to continue, China's domestic gap persists nL4N3YO0UX

** Hecla Mining Co HL.N:

** Coeur Mining Inc CDE.N:

** Endeavour Silver Corp EXK.N:

** Silvercorp Metals Inc SVM.N:

BUZZ - Silver miners surge as white metal prices jump nL6N3YO0VV

** Fortinet Inc FTNT.O:BUZZ - Rises after TD Cowen upgrades to 'buy' nL4N3YO0X5

** Movano Inc MOVE.O:BUZZ - Surges on merger partner Corvex's Nvidia H200 AI chip deployment deal nL6N3YO0PH

** Nvidia Corp NVDA.O:BUZZ - Gains after report China told Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance to prep H200 orders nL4N3YO0Z1

** SLB NV SLB.N:BUZZ - Gains on fourth-quarter profit beat nL6N3YO0QW

** General Electric Co GE.N:BUZZ - Gains; Citigroup raises PT on stock nL4N3YO110

** C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc CHRW.O:BUZZ - UBS raises C.H. Robinson PT on AI-led labor productivity nL4N3YO124

** CSX Corp CSX.O:BUZZ - Citigroup cuts CSX PT on broad economic weakness, lower freight demand nL4N3YO14L

** Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp CTSH.O:BUZZ - Susquehanna raises Cognizant PT on clearer AI monetization path nL4N3YO153

** ImmunityBio Inc IBRX.O:BUZZ - Rises on promising early brain cancer therapy data nL6N3YO0XR

** Ambiq Micro Inc AMBQ.N:BUZZ - Climbs after upsized stock offering nL6N3YO103

** Bausch Health Companies Inc BHC.N:BUZZ - Falls after brain dysfunction treatment fails late-stage trials nL4N3YO16N

** Elf Beauty Inc ELF.N:BUZZ - Rises after Citigroup initiates coverage with 'buy' nL6N3YO0T8

** Sherwin-Williams Co SHW.N:BUZZ - Falls after Deutsche Bank downgrades to 'hold' nL6N3YO0UF

** Trade Desk Inc TTD.O:BUZZ - Down; Citizens downgrades to 'market perform' nL4N3YO18H

** Bandwidth Inc BAND.O:BUZZ - Gains as B. Riley initiates with 'buy' on AI voice adoption nL6N3YO0SW

** Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N:

** Chevron Corp CVX.N:

** Halliburton Co HAL.N:

** Valero Energy Corp VLO.N:

BUZZ - Energy companies gain on Trump's Iran 'armada' comments, Kazakh outage nL6N3YO0VI

** CNX Resources Corp CNX.N:

** EQT Corp EQT.N:

** Williams Companies Inc WMB.N::

** NextDecade Corp NEXT.O:

BUZZ - US natgas stocks climb on colder weather forecasts, heating demand nL4N3YO1BV

** Materion Corp MTRN.N:BUZZ - Drops after SEC filing shows quality issue-related charges nL4N3YO1C9

** Life360 Inc LIF.O:BUZZ - Climbs on preliminary annual results nL6N3YO0UW

** Rio Tinto PLC RIO.N:

** BHP Group Ltd BHP.N:

** Southern Copper Corp SCCO.N:

** Freeport-McMoRan Inc FCX.N:

BUZZ - Copper miners rise as weak dollar boosts red metal prices nL4N3YO1DZ

** Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp BAH.N:BUZZ - Climbs after FY forecast tops estimates nL6N3YO0VF

** L3Harris Technologies Inc LHX.N:BUZZ - Raises quarterly dividend payout; shares rise nL4N3YO1BP

** Starbucks Corp SBUX.O:BUZZ - Up after William Blair upgrades stock on margin recovery expectations nL6N3YO0WX

** Parker-Hannifin Corp PH.N:BUZZ - Stifel raises Parker-Hannifin's PT amid stable industrial outlook nL4N3YO1F4

** BitGo Holdings Inc BTGO.N:BUZZ - Slides day after US IPO nL4N3YO1IK

** Intel Corp INTC.O:BUZZ - Shares tumble on weak forecast, supply woes nL6N3YO10H

** Applied Materials Inc AMAT.O:BUZZ - Deutsche Bank upgrades Applied Materials to 'buy', shares rise nL6N3YO10W

** Becton Dickinson and Co BDX.N:BUZZ - Becton falls; J.P. Morgan says Novo Nordisk's bullish commentary on Wegovy pill is overdone nL6N3YO11R

** First Citizens BancShares Inc FCNCA.O:BUZZ - Slides as interest income forecast disappoints nL4N3YN1DG

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Megavarshini G. Somasundaram)

((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))