02:02 PM EST, 11/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing in Tuesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index up 0.2% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) adding 0.4%. The Philadelphia Housing Index was climbing 0.6%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) rose 0.6%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was increasing 1.6% to $93,569, and the yield...

* Home Depot ( HD ) drops after cutting FY profit forecast * CBOE Volatility Index hits one-month high * Indexes: Dow down 0.7%, S&P 500 down 0.3%, Nasdaq down 0.7% (Updates to afternoon) By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK, Nov 18 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks eased on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 set for a fourth day in a row...

02:07 PM EST, 11/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were higher Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index rising up 0.7% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) adding 0.8%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector Index was climbing 0.6%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities Index was increasing 0.5%. Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil was rising 1.4%...

02:17 PM EST, 11/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes were lower intraday, weighed down by technology giants Microsoft ( MSFT ) and Amazon.com ( AMZN ) as traders parsed remarks by a Federal Reserve official. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.6% at 46,310.8 after midday Tuesday, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.5% to 22,593.3. The S&P...