01:56 PM EDT, 03/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks fell Thursday afternoon with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) down 0.5% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) shedding 0.1%. In corporate news, Academy Sports and Outdoors' (ASO) fiscal Q4 results fell year over year, while the sporting goods retailer guided for 2025 earnings below market...

01:58 PM EDT, 03/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were edging up in Thursday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index adding 0.1% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) up 0.3%. The Philadelphia Housing Index was up 0.1%, while the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) was fractionally lower. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) increased 0.5% to $84,278, and the...

01:45 PM EDT, 03/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- OptiNose ( OPTN ) shares surged 52% amid heavy trading after the company said overnight it agreed to be acquired by Paratek Pharmaceuticals in a deal valued at up to $330 million. Intraday trading volume soared to more than 1.6 million shares from a daily average of about 36,000. ProAssurance ( PRA )...

01:40 PM EDT, 03/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were mixed Thursday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index rising 0.3% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) fractionally lower. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) fell 1.1%. In corporate news, Aspire Biopharma ( ASBP ) shares rose past 3% after it said Thursday its contract manufacturer Glatt...