U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP- Cerence, Epam Systems, Progyny May 10 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S.-listed companies, including Cerence, Epam Systems and Progyny, on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS * Cerence Inc CRNC.O : Wells Fargo cuts to equal weight from overweight * Epam Systems Inc EPAM.N : Scotiabank cuts to sector perform from sector outperform * Progyny Inc PGNY.O : KeyBanc cuts to sector weight from overweight * Rapt Therapeutics Inc RAPT

ANALYSIS-Dollar’s stubborn strength dents US companies’ earnings cheer By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK, May 10 (Reuters) - A host of U.S. companies are faced with a problem they had not expected to confront this year: a rising dollar. Many market participants believed the dollar would fall on the back of interest rate cuts that both investors and the Federal Reserve had penciled in for 2024. Those cuts are yet to come, and the U.S.

BUZZ-U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Gold miners, Energy Transfer, Aercap Eikon search string for individual stock moves: STXBZ The Day Ahead newsletter: https://refini.tv/3LI4BU7 The Morning News Call newsletter: https://refini.tv/3dKUyB8 The main U.S. stock indexes rose on Thursday as weekly jobless claims data offered fresh evidence of a softening U.S. labor market and renewed hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year.

FOREX-Japan's yen hits new 34-year low; US dollar rises after inflation data BOJ leaves rates unchanged, signals future hikes Dollar/yen hits fresh 34-year high Markets on lookout for Japan intervention U.S. PCE report comes in line with expectations September Fed rate cut odds increase Recasts, adds analyst comments, bullets, details on U.S. inflation data, yen; updates prices By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Joice Alves NEW YORK/LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - The dollar soared to a fresh 34-year