03:26 PM EDT, 06/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were in the red late Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Financial Index falling 1% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) down 1.2%. The Philadelphia Housing Index was shedding 1.4%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) was steady. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) slumped 3.6% to $67,118, and the yield...

03:52 PM EDT, 06/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes were mixed ahead of Tuesday's close, as the Federal Reserve kicked off its two-day monetary policy meeting while investors awaited official consumer inflation data for May, scheduled to be released Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.4% at 38,716.4. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.7% to 17,306.5, while...

03:38 PM EDT, 06/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were rising late Tuesday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) adding 1.6% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) up 0.2% The Philadelphia Semiconductor index shed 0.1%. The Biden administration is considering additional restrictions on China's access to chip technology used for artificial intelligence, Bloomberg reported. The new...

03:47 PM EDT, 06/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks fell late Tuesday afternoon with the NYSE Energy Sector Index decreasing 0.7% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) down 0.4%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector index shed 0.2%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities index dropped 0.4%. West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose 0.2% to $77.87 a barrel, while...