03:38 PM EDT, 10/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks fell late Thursday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index down 0.7% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) decreasing 0.4%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) shed 0.3%. In corporate news, Marinus Pharmaceuticals ( MRNS ) shares plunged 82% after the company said its phase 3 trial of...

02:09 PM EDT, 10/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes traded mixed after yields on government bonds retreated following sharp recent gains and Tesla (TSLA) rallied after reporting Q3 results overnight. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% to 5,807.8, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.4% to 42,363.5 and the Nasdaq Composite 0.6% higher at 18,393.3. Consumer discretionary was the...

* U.S. jobless claim fall in latest week * U.S. business activity rises in October * U.S. five-year TIPS auction shows lackluster demand (Adds new comment, PMI data, results of U.S. 5-year TIPS auction, bullets, updates prices) By Karen Brettell NEW YORK, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yields fell from a three-month high on Thursday after reaching...

Oil prices, as tracked by the United States Oil Fund ( USO ) , dropped 1% on Thursday amid progress in renewed diplomatic efforts toward a Gaza cease-fire deal. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light crude fell to $70.7 a barrel, heading for its second straight day in the red. U.S. and Israeli officials are set to convene in Doha in...