Movers & Shakers: U.S. stocks appear headed for a flat open, but keep an eye peeled Monday for Dish, Gannett, Palo Alto Networks, CarGurus and others

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Here are some prospective movers to keep an eye on Monday, when the U.S. stock market, as of early Sunday evening Eastern time, appeared poised for a muted start to the new week.

Stock gainers:

Shares of Palo Alto Networks Inc.
PANW,
+0.21%

rallied 5% late Friday after S&P Dow Jones promoted the $66 billion cybersecurity company to the S&P 500 index
SPX,
+1.45%

in a series of quarterly index adjustments to account for market cap.

Shares of Planet Fitness Inc.
PLNT,
+0.92%
,
Zoominfo Technologies Inc.
ZI,
+2.08%
,
Doximity Inc.
DOCS,
+4.69%
,
and BWX Technologies Inc.
BWXT,
+2.49%

moved 4% or more higher after hours Friday as S&P moved the stocks to its S&P MidCap 400 index
MID,
+3.27%

Meanwhile, shares of Crown Holdings Inc.
CCK,
+3.98%
,
Dropbox Inc.
DBX,
+2.11%
,
Graphic Packaging Holding Co.
GPK,
+3.48%
,
Wesco International Inc.
WCC,
+7.23%

all rose at least 2% on their midcap index inclusion.

Shares of CarGurus Inc.
CARG,
+1.99%

surged 6% after S&P said it will add the automotive research and shopping site to its S&P Small Cap 600 index
SML,
+4.06%
.

Stock decliners:

Dish Network Inc. shares
DISH,
+16.24%

declined 3% after hours Friday as S&P made room for Palo Alto Networks by cutting the also cut the TV-services company from the large cap index, and moved it to the midcap index.

Cutera Inc.
CUTR,
+1.12%

shares fell more than 5% in the extended session Friday after the skincare device maker was cut from S&P’s midcap index to make room for Dish, and moved down to the S&P Small Cap 600 index
SML,
+4.06%
.

Shares of PetMed Express Inc.
PETS,
+3.24%
,
Children’s Place Inc.
PLCE,
+9.05%
,
Gannett Inc.
GCI,
+2.74%

and LendingTree Inc.
TREE,
+7.89%
,
and Zumiez Inc.
ZUMZ,
-1.46%

all fell more than 3% late Friday on their scheduled removal from the small cap index.

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