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BTIG Reaffirms Celgene (CELG) at 'Buy'; Q3 Results, Update Bolster Confidence

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Stocks dip as earnings pour in, consumer discretionary lags

October 27, 2016 7:34 AM EDT

By Chuck Mikolajczak

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks dipped in a choppy session after the latest round of earnings reports, as a decline in the consumer discretionary sector and interest-rate sensitive stocks outweighed gains in healthcare names.

The S&P 500 healthcare index rose 0.53 percent to help keep the S&P 500 near the unchanged mark, buoyed by strong results and forecasts from Bristol-Myers (NYSE: BMY), up 5.4 percent and Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG), up 6.4 percent. The two drugmakers were the top boosts to the S&P 500.

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