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July 29 (Reuters) - Some U.S. stocks to watch on Monday:
FUTURES DIP BEFORE KEY DATA, FED MEETING THIS WEEK
U.S. stock index futures dipped on Monday as a week packedwith data and central bank meetings gets under way. S&P 500futures fell 3.9 points, Dow Jones industrial averagefutures fell 27 points, and Nasdaq 100 futures lost 5.5 points.
** SUNTECH POWER HOLDINGS CO LTD, Friday close$1.41, up 16 pct premarket
** RENESOLA LTD, Friday close $4.30, up 10 pctpremarket
** YINGLI GREEN ENERGY HOLDING CO LTD, Friday close$4.01, up 9.2 pct premarket
** JINKOSOLAR HOLDING CO LTD, Friday close $12.89,up 9 pct premarket
** JA SOLAR HOLDINGS CO LTD, Friday close $8.89, up7 pct premarket
** CANADIAN SOLAR INC, Friday close $13.68, up 6pct premarket
** LDK SOLAR CO LTD, Friday close $1.69, up 6.5 pctpremarket
** TRINA SOLAR LTD, Friday close $7.46, up 6 pctpremarket
China and the European Union defused their biggest tradedispute by far on Saturday with a deal to regulate Chinese solarpanel imports and avoid a wider war in goods from wine to steel.
EU's trade chief and his Chinese counterpart set a minimumprice for panels from China near spot market prices. Under theterms of the deal, China will also be allowed to meet about halfEurope's solar panel demand, if taken at last year's levels.
** INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS, Friday close $15.87, up5 pct premarket
Following a Bloomberg report that bigger rivals OmnicomGroup and Publicis Groupe were in talks for a merger, shares of Interpublic rose on expectation the secondlargest U.S. advertising company would be in play.
Omnicom and Publicis announced on Sunday that they wouldmerge in a $35.1 billion deal.
Interpublic may be considered an acquisition target by WPP, Havas or Japan-based Dentsu, PivotalResearch Group analyst Brian Wieser wrote in a note on Sunday.
** CHELSEA THERAPEUTICS INTERNATIONAL LTD, Fridayclose $3.07, down 12 pct premarket
Chelsea Therapeutics said the U.S. Food and DrugAdministration has notified the pharmaceutical company offormatting issues in certain electronic datasets andstatistical programs submitted as a part of the marketingapproval application of its experimental hypotension drug,Northera.
Chelsea expects to submit the data in August. The date for adecision on the drug's approval may be delayed from thepreviously decided date of Jan. 3, 2014.
** SAKS INC, Friday close $15.31, up 4 pct premarket
Hudson's Bay Co, operator of department storechains Lord & Taylor in the United States and The Bay in Canada,said on Monday that it would buy luxury retailer Saks Inc for$16 per share, or $2.9 billion in cash, including debt.
** SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP, Friday close $3.27, up 2pct after market
The financial services company on Friday completed its exitfrom the troubled asset relief program through a redemption ofits shares worth $968 million. Post the announcement, thecompany's chairman, four of its directors and vice presidenttogether purchased 227,600 shares at $3.09 per share.
** INTERSIL CORP, Friday close $8.81, up 2 pctpremarket
The company, which makes power management chips used inflat-panel displays and DVD players, reportedbetter-than-expected second-quarter revenue on Friday. Intersilalso said it will reduce its workforce by 150 employees.
** LOEWS CORPORATION, Friday close $46.05
** CNA FINANCIAL CORP, Friday close $34.47
Hotel, energy and financial services conglomerate Loews Corpreported a jump in quarterly profit due to a strong performanceat its biggest business, insurer CNA Financial Corp.
** SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC, Friday close $164.54
The largest owner of U.S. malls and outlet centers on Mondayreported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit boosted byincreased occupancy and rent, and the company raised itsforecast for the year.
** MICROSOFT CORP, Friday close $31.62, down 0.4pct premarket
The company releases its annual report where CEO SteveBallmer may say more to shareholders about his ambitious plan toregroup the world's largest software company around devices andservices. (Compiled by Rohit T.K. in Bangalore; Editing by SreejirajEluvangal)