01:02 PM EDT, 06/05/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators
Broad-market exchange-traded fund IWM rose, and IVV edged lower. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was down 0.1%.
US equity indexes rose as investors assessed the outcome of a call between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and weak labor market data pushed up chances of monetary policy easing.
Energy
iShares US Energy ETF (IYE) and the Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) each added about 0.2%.
Technology
Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) added 0.2%; iShares US Technology ETF (IYW) and iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF (IGM) advanced as well.
SPDR S&P Semiconductor (XSD) climbed 0.5%, and iShares Semiconductor (SOXX) rose 0.5%.
Financial
Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) dipped 0.3%. Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) fell 1.2%, and its bearish counterpart, Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ), rose 0.8%.
Commodities
Crude oil gained 0.8%, and the United States Oil Fund (USO) was up by 0.8%. Natural gas added 0.4%, and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) was 0.2% lower.
Gold was down 0.8% on Comex, and SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) declined 0.7%. Silver added 2.8%, and iShares Silver Trust (SLV) rose 3.2%.
Consumer
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (XLP) slipped 0.7%; Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) and the iShares Dow Jones US Consumer Goods (IYK) declined as well.
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (XLY) lost 1.2%; VanEck Retail ETF (RTH) was up 0.5%, while SPDR S&P Retail (XRT) rose 0.7%.
Health Care
Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) was fractionally higher. iShares US Healthcare (IYH) and Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT) also edged higher. iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) added 0.2%.
Industrial
Industrial Select Sector SPDR (XLI) was down 0.2%. Vanguard Industrials (VIS) and iShares US Industrials (IYJ) moved higher.