05:10 AM EDT, 04/25/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US crude oil inventories fell by 6.4 million barrels to 453.6 million barrels in the week ended April 19, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in its weekly petroleum report released on Wednesday. Crude oil production held steady week over week at 13.1 million barrels per day (b/d), the EIA said. Crude oil...

08:12 AM EDT, 04/25/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.6% and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was 1% lower in Thursday's premarket activity, ahead of key economic data. US stock futures were also lower, with S&P 500 Index futures down 0.6%, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slipping...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Futures down: Dow 0.35%, S&P 0.54%, Nasdaq 0.86% April 25 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Thursday, as shares of most megacap growth stocks took a beating after dour quarterly results from Meta Platforms ( META ),...

April 25 (Reuters) - Foreign investors were net sellers of Japanese stocks last week, driven by a global decline in chip-related stocks, profit-taking ahead of earnings reports, and expectations that U.S. interest rates would stay higher for longer amid sticky inflation. Market sentiment was also dampened as a threat of open warfare erupting between arch Middle East foes Iran and...