01:32 PM EDT, 09/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were edging higher Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) each rising 0.2%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) shed 0.2%. In corporate news, Organon (OGN) on Wednesday agreed to buy Roivant Sciences' ( ROIV ) immuno-dermatology subsidiary Dermavant in a...

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09:16 AM EDT, 09/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were edging higher premarket Wednesday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLF ) recently advancing by 0.1%. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares ( FAS ) was up 0.4% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares ( FAZ ) was 0.3% lower. BlackRock ( BLK...

01:42 PM EDT, 09/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were higher Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index up 0.2% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) rising 0.6%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector index was posting a 0.4% decline, and the Dow Jones US Utilities index was shedding 0.4%. US crude oil stocks, including those in the...