03:50 PM EST, 02/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were rising late Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index adding 0.8% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.6%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) shed 0.6%. In corporate news, Novartis ( NVS ) stakeholder Emasan is offering to sell around 26.5 million shares, or a...

03:46 PM EST, 02/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were declining late Tuesday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) decreasing 1.1% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) falling 2.2%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index dropped 2.0%. In corporate news, a federal judge on Tuesday denied Meta's (META) motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging that the...

04:01 PM EST, 02/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes ended mixed Tuesday as a steeper-than-expected drop in consumer confidence added to concerns surrounding consumer weakness. * The Conference Board's measure of consumer confidence fell to 98.3 in February from 105.3 in January, versus the 102.5 expected in a survey compiled by Bloomberg. The slump is the steepest monthly...

* Consumer confidence posts biggest drop in 3-1/2 years * Nvidia ( NVDA ) dips ahead of Wednesday earnings * Lilly up on launching higher-dose, discounted Zepbound vials (Updates to market close) By Stephen Culp Feb 25 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks struggled on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq touching one-month lows as a dour consumer confidence report...