LIVE MARKETS-Miners do heavy lifting as STOXX rises ahead of BOE STOXX 600 up 0.9% Fed cuts by 50 bps, eyes on BoE Ocado top index after results Miners surge 3%, utilities down Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com MINERS DO HEAVY LIFTING AS STOXX RISES AHEAD OF BOE The STOXX 600 .STOXX is up 1% as markets digest the first rate cut in four years from the U.S's Federal R

U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Athira Pharma, Lowe's Companies, P&G Sept 19 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S.-listed companies, including Athira Pharma, Lowe's Companies and P&G on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS * Athira Pharma Inc ATHA.O : Mizuho cuts to neutral from outperform * Five Below Inc FIVE.O : JP Morgan cuts to underweight from neutral * Lowe's Companies Inc LOW.N : TD Cowen raises target price to $265 from $240 * P&G PG.N : JP Morgan rai

PRESS DIGEST -Wall Street Journal - Sept 19 Sept 19 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. - Boeing BA.N is furloughing tens of thousands of white-collar employees in an effort to cut costs and avoid a credit-rating cut in the midst of a strike by its largest union.

BUZZ - S&P 500 top and bottom performing stocks at about 03:30 p.m. EDT S&P 500 .SPX Top Performers Percent Change West Pharmaceutical Services Inc WST.N +4.9% Dollar Tree Inc DLTR.OQ +3.3% Bio Rad Laboratories Inc BIO.N +3.2% Bath & Body Works Inc BBWI.N +3.2% General Motors Co GM.N +3.2% Bottom Performers Percent Change Resmed Inc RMD.N -4.8% Ave

REUTERS SPORTS SCHEDULE AT 6.30 p.m. GMT/ 2.30 p.m. ET Here are the top sports stories and upcoming coverage plans for Reuters text service as of 6.30 p.m. GMT/ 2.30 p.m. ET. For a full schedule of news and events, go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect . TOP STORIES TENNIS-GAUFF/ Gauff and Gilbert part company as coach looks ahead to 'next chapter' NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) - World number six Coco Gauff and coach Brad Gilbert are parting company after the player suffered a frustratin