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BUZZ-U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE- Brainstorm, National Bank of Greece

(Adds oil stocks, Brainstorm Cell, National Bank (NYSE: NBHC - news) of Greece) (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. stock index futures fell on Monday as volume returned to markets after the New Year holiday, with energy shares sliding again as crude prices fell to fresh 5-1/2 year lows. Dow Jones industrial average futures were down 0.37 percent at 17,658, S&P 500 futures were down 0.42 percent at 2,037.75 and Nasdaq 100 futures were down 0.34 percent at 4,199.75.

** ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC (Xetra: R6C1.DE - news) , Friday close $66.98, -3.54 pct premarket

** TOTAL SA (Paris: FR0000120271 - news) , Friday close $51.16, -3.93 pct premarket

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** BP PLC, Friday close $38.12, -4.38 pct premarket

** STATOIL ASA (Xetra: 675213 - news) , Friday close $17.42, -4.13 pct premarket

** VALE SA, Friday close $7.94, -4.03 pct premarket

** BHP BILLITON LTD, Friday close $47.54, -2.08 pct premarket

** EXXON MOBIL CORP, Friday close $92.83, -1.37 pct premarket

** CHEVRON CORP, Friday close $112.58, -1.68 pct premarket

** PETROBRAS SA, Friday close $6.76, -6.51 pct premarket

U.S.-listed stocks of the world's biggest oil and gas producers were down premarket after oil prices dropped to fresh five-and-a-half-year lows. Oil prices have been dipping on concerns over a surplus of global supplies and lackluster demand, losing more than half their value since a peak in June last year.

** CEMPRA INC (NasdaqGS: CEMP - news) , Friday close $22.89, +14.24 pct premarket

The antibiotic drug developer moved a step closer to approval of its lead antibiotic, solithromycin, after an oral version of the potential blockbuster met the main goal in a late-stage trial.

** BRAINSTORM CELL THERAPEUTICS INC (NasdaqCM: BCLI - news) , Friday close $7.5, -13.47 pct premarket

The Israeli stem cell therapy developer's stock rose 93 percent in past two trading days as data on mid-stage study of the company's stem cell therapy in patients with amytrophic lateral sclerosis is expected on Monday.

** NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE SA, Friday close $1.84, -8.70 pct premarket

Political uncertainty in Greece may force the European Central Bank to start quantitative easing as debate around the possibility of elections later this month resulting in the country leaving the euro zone picked up again.

Euro fell to $1.18605 in early Asian trading on Monday, its weakest level since March 2006.

** BREITBURN ENERGY PARTNERS LP, Friday close $7.63, +4.98 pct premarket

The oil and gas company said on Friday it expected 2015 production of 19.5-20.7 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), up from an estimated 14.1 million boe for 2014. Breitburn forecast oil and gas capital expenses to fall to $200 million in 2015 from an estimated $375 million in 2014.

** NOVARTIS AG (Xetra: 904278 - news) , Friday close $92.25, +1.36 pct premarket

** AMGEN INC (Xetra: 867900 - news) , Friday close $159.89, -1.76 pct premarket

Staff at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are expected to review Novartis' application to market a copycat version of Amgen's biotech medicine Neupogen in patients with low white blood cell counts.

** MICROSOFT CORP, Friday close $46.76, -0.66 pct premarket

** YAHOO INC (NasdaqGS: YHOO - news) , Friday close $50.17, -0.54 pct premarket

Yahoo and Microsoft (NasdaqGS: MSFT - news) search engines temporarily went dark on Friday after Microsoft pushed out a bad code update and then struggled to roll it back, a person briefed on the outages told Reuters.

** NVIDIA CORP, Friday close $20.13, -0.65 pct premarket

The chipmaker on Sunday unveiled a new processor aimed at powering high-end graphics on car dashboards as well as sophisticated auto-pilot systems.

** CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC (NYSE: CNK - news) , Friday close $34.91, +1.06 pct premarket

The movie theater chain's shares could rise more than 25 percent over the next year, Barron's reported in its Jan. 5 edition.

** APPLE INC (NasdaqGS: AAPL - news) , Friday close $109.33, -0.56 pct premarket

Apple's forthcoming smartwatch poses a conundrum for advertisers: How to tap the enticing possibilities of the tiny gadget without overwhelming consumers with messages. At this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, mobile-marketing firm TapSense plans to release an Apple Watch ad-buying service.

** AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC, Friday close $53.91, +1.08 pct premarket

The union representing carrier's pilots approved the final contract offer late Saturday, paving the way for a retroactive 23 percent wage hike if its members concur in a vote this month.

** DREAMWORKS ANIMATION SKG INC (NasdaqGS: DWA - news) , Friday close $22.65

The Hollywood movie studio said it has appointed new co-presidents of feature animation, while its chief creative officer is stepping down.

** GFI GROUP INC (NYSE: GFIG - news) , Friday close $5.44

More than 100 employees have asked the U.S. interdealer broker to alter their contracts to allow them to leave if a hostile takeover bid by a rival firm succeeds, according to a report on Sunday by the Financial Times.

** DISH NETWORK CORP (NasdaqGS: DISH - news) , Friday close $72.27

A unit of the company will pay $2 million and change national marketing practices to show it can raise prices at any time during the life of a contract, as a condition for ending a Colorado investigation, the state's attorney general's office said on Friday.

** NTT DOCOMO INC (NYSE: DCM - news) , Friday close $14.65

The company said it has asked a London court to ensure Tata Sons Ltd finds a buyer willing to pay at least $1.1 billion for the Japanese carrier's stake in a struggling Indian joint venture. (Compiled by Lehar Maan; Editing by Joyjeet Das)