* Ford and General Motors ( GM ) fall * Target ( TGT ) drops on bleak FY forecast * Walgreens jumps on reports on take-private deal (Updates to US close) By Chibuike Oguh, Johann M Cherian and Sukriti Gupta NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters) - The benchmark S&P 500 and Dow finished lower on Tuesday as trade tensions escalated...

04:03 PM EST, 03/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were mixed in late Tuesday afternoon trading, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) fractionally lower and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) adding 0.4%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index advanced 0.7%. In corporate news, Meta (META) is in talks to build a new data center campus for AI expansion that...

04:01 PM EST, 03/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes fell Tuesday as Canada and China retaliated against the Trump administration's trade tariffs. * President Donald Trump's recently announced 25% tariffs against Canada and Mexico went into effect Tuesday, while the US government doubled its levy on Chinese imports to 20%. * China and Canada responded with retaliatory tariffs...

04:03 PM EST, 03/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks declined late Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index down 0.5% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) shedding 0.9%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) rose 0.1%. In corporate news, Tiziana Life Sciences ( TLSA ) shares rose 2%. The firm filed an investigational new drug application...