04:54 PM EDT, 07/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- CGI (GIB-A.TO, GIB) on Tuesday said CGI Federal, its U.S. unit, agreed to acquire Aeyon, which provides artificial-intelligence services to the U.S. government, for an undisclosed price. CGI, a global IT and business consulting services firm, said the two companies entered into a definitive purchase agreement on June 22 and the acquisition is...

04:30 PM EDT, 07/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes closed mixed Tuesday as the Federal Reserve kicked off its two-day monetary policy meeting, with a decision on interest rates expected Wednesday. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.3% to 17,147.4, while the S&P 500 fell 0.5% to 5,436.4. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5% to 40,743.3. Technology saw the...

03:39 PM EDT, 07/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks edged up late Tuesday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index increasing 0.1% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) fractionally higher. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) fell 0.1%. In corporate news, Imunon ( IMNN ) shares more than doubled after the company said topline data from a...

03:34 PM EDT, 07/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were higher late Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index adding 0.8% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) climbing 1.6%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector index was posting a 0.7% increase, and the Dow Jones US Utilities index was up 0.2%. Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil declined...