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BUZZ-U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Apple, SunEdison, HMS Holdings, Abercrombie

(For faster updates on individual market-movers, Eikon users please use search string "STXBZ US"; for the Day Ahead newsletter, http://link.reuters.com/mex49s; for the Morning News Call newsletter, http://link.reuters.com/nex49s) U.S (Other OTC: UBGXF - news) . stock indexes were down on Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 0.76 percent at 16,333.98, the S&P 500 was down 0.96 percent at 1,952.06 and the Nasdaq Composite was down 0.92 percent at 4,662.53.

For a Breakingviews column, Investors' self-doubt worsens equity woes

** APPLE INC (NasdaqGS: AAPL - news) , $108.0301, +2.15 pct

The iPhone maker's shares rebounded sharply off day's lows, helping U.S. stocks stage a dramatic recovery. The shares opened more than 10 percent lower in heavy trading. Stock still off a fifth from February's record high.

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For a Breakingviews column, Tech's real China syndrome victims are yet to fall

** BANK OF AMERICA CORP, $15.96, -0.87 pct

** CITIGROUP INC (NYSE: C - news) , $52.42, -2.20 pct

** MORGAN STANLEY (Xetra: 885836 - news) , $33.47, -2.16 pct

** JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (Xetra: 850628 - news) , $62.78, -1.29 pct

** GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC, $186.43, -0.70 pct

** WELLS FARGO (Hanover: NWT.HA - news) & CO, $53.05, -1.70 pct

U.S. bank stocks continued to slide after last week's Fed minutes suggested the central bank may not raise interest rates in September due to international developments, including weaker yuan.

Traders now see a 24 percent chance that Fed will increase rates in September, down from 30 percent late on Friday and 46 percent a week earlier, according to Tullett Prebon (LSE: TLPR.L - news) data.

** NETFLIX INC (Xetra: 552484 - news) , $106.57, +2.51 pct

** GENERAL MOTORS CO, $28.77, -2.80 pct

** TESLA MOTORS INC (Xetra: A1CX3T - news) , $229.73, -0.45 pct

** CATERPILLAR INC (NYSE: CAT - news) , $74.67, -0.44 pct

** UNITED STATES STEEL CORP (NYSE: X - news) , $16.09, +1.13 pct

** ALCOA INC (NYSE: AA - news) , $8.53, -2.29 pct

** YUM BRANDS (Swiss: YUM.SW - news) , $78.61, -1.37 pct

Shares (Berlin: DI6.BE - news) of U.S. companies fell at the open on China worries, though a handful of tech stocks were fighting against the broadly weak market.

** SOLARCITY (Swiss: SCTY.SW - news) , $46.8701, +14.35 pct

** SUNEDISON INC (Other OTC: SDSNP - news) , $11.61, +8.30 pct

The stocks snapped back from sharp plunges, with SolarCity up 11.5 percent after being down 15 percent in early trading. The relief rally comes one day after hedge fund manager Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates said he was "short SolarCity shares" and criticized both companies' business models.

** ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD, $66.92, -1.85 pct

** JD.COM INC, $24.765, -1.14 pct

** BAIDU INC (Xetra: A0F5DE - news) , $144.395, -5.57 pct

** SINA CORP, $35.28, -2.65 pct

** YOUKU TUDOU (NYSE: YOKU - news) , $16.18, -3.75 pct

** YY INC (Xetra: A1J6W3 - news) , $54.96, -7.19 pct

** CHINA DANGDANG, $6.3, -4.83 pct

** JUMEI INTERNATIONAL HOLDING, $10.78, -8.33 pct

U.S.-listed shares of Chinese technology companies fell after Chinese indexes post their biggest one-day percentage losses since the height of the financial crisis.

** EXXON MOBIL CORP, $70.82, -1.82 pct

** CONOCOPHILLIPS (NYSE: COP - news) , $44.77, -1.37 pct

** CHEVRON CORP, $74.94, -1.08 pct

Oil prices fell more than 6 percent to fresh 6-1/2-year lows as markets worried about a China-led global economic slowdown that would drastically hit oil consumption at a time of plentiful supply.

S&P 500 oil & gas, oilfield services companies have already lost about $310 billion in market value this year.

For a Breakingviews column, Oil has room to get even more irrational

** GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC (Other OTC: GLAXF - news) , $1,270.53703, -3.21 pct

** MERCK (Jakarta: 28586808.JK - news) & CO, $54.81, -1.72 pct

** JOHNSON & JOHNSON (NYSE: JNJ - news) , $95, -0.59 pct

** BIOGEN INC (NasdaqGS: BIIB - news) , $294.82, -0.28 pct

** CELGENE CORP (Swiss: CELG.SW - news) , $118.59, -0.39 pct

** ELI LILLY & CO (Hanover: LLY.HA - news) , $82.76, -2.09 pct

** BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO, $60.88, -0.31 pct

** PFIZER INC (NYSE: PFE - news) , $33.21 -0.98 pct

** AMGEN INC (HKSE: 4332.HK - news) , $153.58 -1.04 pct

** GILEAD SCIENCES INC (NasdaqGS: GILD - news) , $106.08 +0.71 pct

The S&P 500 Healthcare sector index declined 3 percent to 801.97, Nasdaq Biotechnology index down nearly 4 percent at 3436.71

** OCATA THERAPEUTICS INC (NasdaqGM: OCAT - news) , $4.5816 +20.25 pct

The drug developer awarded Small Business Innovation Research grant from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of National Institutes of Health.

** EPIZYME INC (NasdaqGS: EPZM - news) , $18.9 +18.64 pct

The drug developer said U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted its application to start clinical studies of its lead cancer drug, Tazemetostat.

** HMS HOLDINGS CORP (NasdaqGS: HMSY - news) , $10.73 +21.38 pct

The New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General awarded the healthcare facility provider a contract for Medicaid third-party liability match and recovery services.

** HUBBELL INC (NYSE: HUB-A - news) , $113.25 +22.68 pct

The electrical equipment maker said it plans to reclassify common stock to eliminate its existing two-class structure.

** GEVO INC (OTC BB: GEVNW - news) , $2.54 +10.92 pct

The chemical maker and Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC, a joint venture between BP and DuPont, ended a patent dispute related to the production of bio-based fuel additive, isobutanol, and entered into cross-license and settlement agreements.

** ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO (NYSE: ANF - news) , $17.58 +6.87 pct

Piper Jaffray upgrades the apparel retailer's stock to "overweight" from "neutral" and raises price target by $2 to $27.

** AGL RESOURCES INC (NYSE: GAS - news) , $62.01, +29.57 pct

** SOUTHERN CO, $44.58, -2.66 pct

Power producer Southern said it would buy AGL Resources for about $8 billion in cash to become the No. 2 U.S. utility by customers after Exelon Corp.

** VITAL THERAPIES INC (NasdaqGS: VTL - news) , $4.02, -77.26 pct

The drug developer said it would stop two ongoing trials testing its cell-therapy, ELAD, after it failed a late-stage study in liver failure patients.

** CHINACACHE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD, $6.02, +7.69 pct

The China-based network service provider plans to buy back up to $6 million worth of outstanding ADSs over the next 12 months. This is in addition to ChinaCache's existing $10 million share buyback.

** EXELIXIS INC (NasdaqGS: EXEL - news) , $5.455, +3.90 pct

The U.S. FDA granted the drugmaker's lead drug, cabozantinib, "breakthrough therapy" status to treat patients with the most common form of kidney cancer.

(Compiled by Arunima Banerjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)