04:02 PM EDT, 08/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were rising late Thursday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) each adding 0.3%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) rose 0.7%. In corporate news, XORTX Therapeutics ( XRTX ) shares soared 131% after the company said that recent peer-reviewed, independent research...

04:06 PM EDT, 08/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Most major digital assets were mixed late Thursday, with bitcoin (BTC-USD) rebounding to top $59,000. The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks 134 digital assets, was down 0.4% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100 eased 0.1%, the S&P 500 was little changed and the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.6%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD)...

04:07 PM EDT, 08/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Declining mortgage rates failed to spur growth in home sales this month as affordability continued to cripple the market, Redfin (RDFN) said in two reports published Thursday. Pending home sales, a forward-looking indicator of the housing market, were down 6.9% during the four weeks ended Aug. 25, the biggest year-over-year decline since October,...

04:06 PM EDT, 08/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were mixed late Thursday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) falling 1% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) rising 1.5%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index retreated 0.6%. In corporate news, Apple ( AAPL ) is discussing a potential investment in Microsoft-backed (MSFT) OpenAI as part of a fundraising...