Paramount Global and Netflix stock boosted by possible end to writer’s strike as Nike shares slip on downgrade

Here are some of the biggest movers of the day:

Stock gainers:

Paramount Global
PARA,
-0.49%
stock rose 3% and Netflix shares
NFLX,
+0.91%
rose 1%, as the Writers Guild of America said a tentative deal has been reached to end the screenwriters strike after nearly five months.

AstraZeneca stock
AZN,
+1.70%
rose 1% as Jefferies upgraded the U.K. drugmaker to buy from hold, saying R&D assets outside oncology are being largely ignored, Morgan Stanley separately said investors will reward earnings upgrade stories in AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk
NVO,
-0.49%
and Novartis
NVS,
+0.25%,
the latter of which it upgraded to equal-weight from underweight.

Stock decliners:

Foot Locker shares
FL,
-0.45%
fell 3% as Jefferies downgraded the athletics apparel retailer, and Urban Outfitters
URBN,
,
to hold from buy, citing its own survey of U.S. consumers that found the repayment of student debt will curtail consumer spending.

Nike shares
NKE,
-0.18%
fell 1% as Jefferies also downgraded it to hold from buy, saying the wholesale channel is likely to remain pressured and growth in China faces macro headwinds.

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