12:13 PM EDT, 05/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes were mixed in midday trading on Thursday after wholesale price inflation unexpectedly eased. The Nasdaq Composite was little changed at 19,143.62, paring earlier losses. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% to 5,902.4, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.4% to 42,231.35. Among sectors, consumer staples and utilities led gainers, and...

01:13 PM EDT, 05/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Thursday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) each adding 0.6%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) climbed 1.6%. In corporate news, Immutep ( IMMP ) shares jumped past 11%. The company said Thursday its investigational drug eftilagimod alpha, or efti,...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Indexes: Dow up 0.2%, S&P 500 up 0.1%, Nasdaq down 0.25% * Cisco ( CSCO ) gains after raising FY forecasts * UnitedHealth ( UNH ) down on report it faces criminal probe (Updates with afternoon trading levels) By...

01:43 PM EDT, 05/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were mixed Thursday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) up 0.5% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) shedding 0.4%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index eased 0.2%. In corporate news, Nvidia ( NVDA ) will be allowed to ship its AI chips to the United Arab Emirates under a...