08:53 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were advancing premarket Thursday with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) up 1.5% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) 0.2% higher recently. Meta Platforms ( META ) stock was nearly 11% higher after the company reported higher Q2 earnings and revenue late Wednesday. ...

08:27 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ( SPY ) was up 0.8% and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was 1.2% higher in Thursday's premarket activity after Meta (META) and Microsoft ( MSFT ) reported better-than-expected financial results. US stock futures were also higher, with S&P 500 Index...

July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Thursday after a largely in-line inflation reading fanned hopes that the Federal Reserve may cut interest rates soon. A Commerce Department report showed the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price index (PCE) rose 0.3% in June, in line with estimates from economists polled by Reuters. Annually, it stood at 2.6%...

08:59 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were mixed pre-bell Thursday with the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) 0.5% lower and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) recently up 0.4%. Sanofi ( SNY ) stock was down more than 6% after the company posted higher Q2 earnings and net sales. ...