01:11 PM EST, 02/05/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators

Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV were higher. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was up 0.2%.

US equity indexes rose in choppy midday trading Wednesday as investors weighed a deceleration in services with disappointing big-tech results overnight.

Energy

iShares US Energy ETF (IYE) edged up 0.2%, and Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) was fractionally lower.

Technology

Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) gained 1%; iShares US Technology ETF (IYW) and iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF (IGM) were higher.

SPDR S&P Semiconductor (XSD) rose 2.4%, and iShares Semiconductor (SOXX) added 1.6%.

Financial

Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) climbed 0.5%. Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was up 1.6%, and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) fell 1.6%.

Commodities

Crude oil fell 1.9%, and the United States Oil Fund (USO) lost 1.7%. Natural gas was up 0.3%, and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) rose 0.9%.

Gold gained 0.6% on Comex, and SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) rose 1%. Silver fell 0.1%, and iShares Silver Trust (SLV) was 1.3% higher.

Consumer

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (XLP) rose 0.2%; Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) and iShares Dow Jones US Consumer Goods (IYK) were higher.

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (XLY) fell 0.8%; retail fund VanEck Vectors Retail ETF (RTH) fell 0.4%, while SPDR S&P Retail (XRT) added 0.3%.

Health Care

Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) was up 0.8%, and iShares US Healthcare (IYH) and Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT) were higher. IShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) climbed 2.3%.

Industrial

Select Sector SPDR-Industrial (XLI) was up 0.1%, and Vanguard Industrials (VIS) and iShares US Industrials (IYJ) were higher.