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Wall Street's main indexes kicked off the final week of the year on a softer note on Monday, as heavyweight technology stocks retreated from last week's gains that had pushed the S&P 500 to record highs. .N

At 13:30 EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 0.46% at 48,488.07. The S&P 500 .SPX was down 0.41% at 6,901.36, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 0.63% at 23,444.832.

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

** Texas Pacific Land Corp TPL.N, up 2.1% ** Expand Energy Corp EXE.O, up 2.06% ** Micron Technology MU.O, up 1.9%

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

** Newmont Corp NEM.N, down 5.9% ** Albermarle Corp ALB.N, down 3.4% ** Applovin Corp APP.O, down 2.9%

The top three NYSE .PG.N percentage gainers:

** DigitalBridge Group DBRG.N, up 9.8% ** Skillsoft Corp SKIL.N, up 9.6% ** Ashford Hospitality Trust AHT.N, up 9.4%

The top three NYSE .PL.N percentage losers:

** SOLAI Ltd SLAI.N, down 10.6% ** Bellring Brands BRBR.N, down 9.6% ** Sibanye Stillwater SBSW.N, down 9.4%

The top three Nasdaq .PG.O percentage gainers:

** Republic Power Group RPGL.O, up 172.8% ** Brand Engagement Network BNAI.O, up 125.8% ** Globavend Holdings GVH.O, up 46.5%

The top three Nasdaq .PL.O percentage losers:

** Mereo BioPharma Group MREO.O, down 89.6% ** Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical RARE.O, down 44.6% ** X3 Holdings Co XTKG.O, down 39.1%

** Newmont NEM.N ** Barrick Mining ABX.TO, B.N ** Gold Fields GFIJ.J, GFI.N ** Harmony Gold HARJ.J, HMY.N ** Sibanye Stillwater SSWJ.J, SBSW.N

BUZZ- Gold miners fall as bullion retreats on profit-taking nL4N3XZ0GZ

** Hecla Mining HL.N ** Coeur Mining CDE.N ** Endeavour Silver EDR.TO, EXK.N ** Silvercorp Metals SVM.TO, SVM.N ** Abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF SIVR.P ** iShares Silver Trust ETF SLV.P

BUZZ- Silver miners fall as investors book profits nL6N3XZ08S

** DigitalBridge DBRG.N:

BUZZ- Soars on report of SoftBank nearing acquisition deal nL6N3XZ08M

** Coupang CPNG.N :

BUZZ- Stock rises; firm unveils $1.18 billion compensation for data breach nL6N3XZ08Y

** Lotus Technology LOT.O:

BUZZ- Gains on $23 million investment by ECARX Holdings nL4N3XZ0KU

** Solidion Technology STI.O:

BUZZ-Gains on US Department of Energy grant nL4N3XZ0L6

** Vail Resorts MTN.N:

BUZZ- Truist cuts PT on Vail Resorts amid weak snowfall and soft demand nL4N3XZ0LI

** Tonix Pharmaceuticals TNXP.O:

BUZZ- Ticks up after $20 million direct stock deal nL4N3XN1TX

** Praxis Precision PRAX.O:

BUZZ- Climbs after FDA's 'breakthrough' tag for tremor drug nL4N3XZ0MA

** AXT AXTI.O:

BUZZ- Falls after filing for $87 million stock offering to certain investors nL6N3XZ0BI

** DigitalBridge DBRG.N:

BUZZ- Climbs after SoftBank to buy co for $2.92 billion nL6N3XZ0D1

** Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical RARE.O

BUZZ- Hits record low after bone disease drug fails late-stage trials nL4N3XZ0Q9

** NextNRG NXXT.O

BUZZ- Signs MOU with A123 Systems, shares rise nL4N3XZ0P4

** Lululemon Athletica LULU.O

BUZZ- Up as founder Chip Wilson launches proxy fight to change board nL6N3XZ0ET

** Venture Global VG.N ** Cheniere Energy LNG.N ** Expand Energy EXE.O ** United States Natural Gas Fund UNG.P ** ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas BOIL.P

BUZZ- US natgas companies rise on cold weather forecasts, record LNG exports nL4N3XZ0SE

** Chevron CVX.N ** Texas Pacific Land TPL.N ** Devon Energy DVN.N ** Diamondback Energy FANG.O ** Exxon Mobil XOM.N ** Halliburton HAL.N ** Phillips 66 PSX.N ** Marathon Petroleum MPC.N:

BUZZ- Energy companies gain on higher crude prices nL6N3XZ0FZ

** Expedia EXPE.O:

BUZZ- Argus raises PT on Expedia to $340 nL4N3XZ0UO

(Compiled by Arnav Mishra in Bengaluru)

((Arnav.Mishra@thomsonreuters.com;))