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BUZZ-U.S. stocks: Fed fallout

** Markets continued to gyrate as the Fed's verdict to delay liftoff largely determines the week's winners and losers

** High uncertainty heading into the FOMC meeting compelled investors to scurry into the S&P500 ETF in a bout of short-covering, which quickly reversed

** Merger mania plants Molson Coors, Cablevision and Endo International (NasdaqGS: ENDP - news) among S&P 500 top performers

** Absent a rate hike, yield hunters boost REITs: Healthcare REIT, HCP Inc (NYSE: HCP - news) , Ventas Inc (NYSE: VTR - news) and Boston Properties climb 4-7 pct

** Similarly, utilities such as Edison International (NYSE: EIX - news) and PG&E Corp power higher

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** Conversely, Fed's balk clips financials and banks with regional names hardest hit: Regions Financial, Fifth Third, Comerica (OTC BB: CMPWW - news) drop 3.8-6 pct

** Fears of slowing global growth slam energy names: Diamond Offshore Drilling and Southwestern Energy near bottom of S&P pile

** Along same theme, FMC Corp (NYSE: FMC - news) week's biggest loser as materials stocks also get dragged lower

** In tech, semis backpedal with Micron and Seagate falling more than 6 pct while Oracle (Hanover: ORC.HA - news) outlook still cloudy

** Keurig Green Mountain (Xetra: GM2.DE - news) fizzles amid PepsiCo (Hanover: PEP.HA - news) and Coca-Cola war

(Messaging: lance.tupper.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)