01:02 PM EDT, 07/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV rose. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was up 0.3%. US equity indexes were mixed while most government bond yields rose after midday on Wednesday as the economy grew more than forecast in Q2 and job additions in July outpaced market consensus. Energy iShares...

01:15 PM EDT, 07/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were lower Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index falling 1% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) down 0.9%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector index was decreasing 1%, while the Dow Jones US Utilities index was rising 1.1%. Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose 1.4% to $70.21...

12:36 PM EDT, 07/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes were mixed while most government bond yields rose after midday on Wednesday as the economy grew more than forecast in Q2 and job additions in July outpaced market consensus. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.4% to 21,189.1, after hitting a new all-time high of 21,303.96 on Tuesday. The S&P 500 climbed...

01:20 PM EDT, 07/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were higher Wednesday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) up 0.4% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) adding 0.9%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index climbed 1.2%. In corporate news, Palo Alto Networks ( PANW ) will buy CyberArk (CYBR) in a $25 billion deal that would see the...