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McCormick and Crocs are big market movers

NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:

NYSE

ConAgra Foods Inc., up 40 cents to $40.91

The food company is cutting about 1,500 jobs, or 30 percent of its office-based workforce, and moving headquarters to Chicago.

McCormick & Co., down $3.50 to $78.68

The spices and seasonings company reported worse-than-expected fiscal third-quarter earnings.

General Motors Co., up 65 cents to $30.67

The auto maker plans to make $5.5 billion in cost cuts over the next three years to help finance a push into autonomous cars and car- and ride-sharing services.

Deere & Co., down $1.11 to $72.89

The maker of farm and construction equipment reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union.

Nasdaq

Dunkin' Brands Group Inc., down $6 to $43

The company said it expects sales to slow from the previous quarter at its doughnut shops.

Verisk Analytics Inc., up $4.25 to $78.16

The risk-information provider for the insurance and other industries will replace Joy Global in the S&P 500 index on Wednesday.

Crocs Inc., down $1.81 to $11.11

The footwear maker lowered its third-quarter sales outlook, citing a stronger U.S. dollar and a move not to ship some orders.

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc., up $7.17 to $39.28

The biotechnology company released positive data from a late-stage study on its developing muscular dystrophy disease drug.

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