March 16 (Reuters) - The tech-heavy Nasdaq led Wall Street's main stock indexes higher on Monday, with Meta among the top gainers after a report said the megacap was prepping for sweeping AI-related layoffs, even as a raging Middle East conflict kept risk-taking in check. .N

At 11:30 EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 1.06% at 47,052.50. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 1.21% at 6,712.60, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 1.44% at 22,422.49.

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

** Sandisk Corp SNDK.OQ, up 8.2%

** Ciena Corp CIEN.N, up 6.1%

** Intel Corp INTC.OQ, up 5.9%

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

** CF Industries Holdings Inc CF.N, down 4.5%

** Mosaic Co MOS.N, down 4.3%

** Leidos Holdings Inc LDOS.N, down 3.3%

The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:

** National Storage Affiliates Trust NSA.N, up 28.0%

** United States Antimony Corp UAMY.N, up 16.6%

** AMREP Corp AXR.N, up 13.1%

The top three NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:

** Zepp Health Corp ZEPP.N, down 16.0%

** Alight Inc ALIT.N, down 14.7%

** Townsquare Media Inc TSQ.N, down 14.6%

The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:

** Meiwu Technology Co Ltd WNW.OQ, up 292.3%

** Urgent.ly Inc ULY.OQ, up 164.8%

** HCW Biologics Inc HCWB.OQ, up 69.2%

The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:

** Paranovus Entertainment Technology Ltd PAVS.OQ, down 69.2%

** Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology BHATF.PK, down 57.3%

** Freecast Inc CAST.OQ, down 32.5%

** Coinbase Global Inc COIN.O:

** Bitfarms Ltd BITF.O:

** Riot Platforms Inc RIOT.O:

** MARA Holdings Inc MARA.O:

BUZZ - Crypto stocks gain as bitcoin hits 5-week high nL4N4040P5

** Sable Offshore Corp SOC.N:BUZZ - Gains after US orders restart of California offshore drilling nL6N4040JS

** Newmont Corp NEM.N:

** Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd HMY.N:

** AngloGold Ashanti PLC AU.N:

** Gold Fields Ltd GFI.N:

BUZZ - US-listed gold miners fall as bullion drops nL6N4040M3

** Nebius Group NV NBIS.O:BUZZ - Jumps on mega AI capacity deal with Meta nL6N4040Y6

** Hecla Mining Co HL.N:

** Coeur Mining Inc CDE.N:

** Endeavour Silver Corp EXK.N:

** Silvercorp Metals Inc SVM.N::

BUZZ - Silver miners slide as metal prices edge down nL4N3ZG0Z2

** Upstart Holdings Inc UPST.O:BUZZ - Rises after BTIG upgrades to 'buy' nL4N3YV1ML

** Dollar Tree Inc DLTR.O:BUZZ - Rises after quarterly profit beats estimates nL6N4040YG

** Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc GLUE.O:BUZZ - Rises on lining up new combo trial in advanced prostate cancer nL4N4040WW

** NeoGenomics Inc NEO.O:BUZZ - Rises as Medicare covers new cancer blood test nL4N4040XU

** Public Storage PSA.N:BUZZ - Falls after deal to acquire National Storage Affiliates nL4N4040XD

** Structure Therapeutics Inc GPCR.O:BUZZ - Rises after obesity pill shows up to 16.3% weight loss in study nL4N4041BL

** Acumen Pharmaceuticals Inc ABOS.O:BUZZ - Jumps after equity raise to advance Alzheimer's drug development nL6N4040U9

** Circle Internet Group Inc CRCL.N:BUZZ - Rises after Clear Street upgrades to 'buy' nL6N4040SS

** Cogent Biosciences Inc COGT.O:BUZZ - Rises after US FDA agrees to review rare‑disease drug nL6N4040VX

** Intuit Inc INTU.O:BUZZ - Up after management halts pre-scheduled stock sales nL4N40413R

** Baxter International Inc BAX.N:BUZZ - Rises on CFO transition announcement nL6N4040XA

** Micron Technology Inc MU.O:BUZZ - Plans Taiwan chip facility expansion, shares rise nL6N4040X9

** PennyMac Financial Services Inc PFSI.N:BUZZ - Shares rise after KBW upgrades to 'outperform' nL4N4041CV

** Customers Bancorp Inc CUBI.N:BUZZ - Rises after Stephens upgrades stock on valuation nL6N40411X

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Sumit Saha in Bengaluru)

((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))