U.S. stocks settled lower on Friday, with the Nasdaq Composite dipping 2% during the session as investors continued monitoring the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran. U.S. major indices recorded their fourth losing week in a row. Wall Street analysts make new stock picks on a daily basis. Unfortunately for investors, not all analysts have particularly impressive track records at predicting market...

03:32 PM EDT, 03/23/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks rose late Monday afternoon, with the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) increasing 0.6% and the State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) climbing 2.7%. In corporate news, Playboy (PLBY) shares rose 2.6% after the company said it closed the initial sale of 16.67% of its...

03:27 PM EDT, 03/23/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose late Monday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index up 0.5% and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) increasing 0.2%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) rose 0.9%. In corporate news, Gilead Sciences ( GILD ) is nearing an acquisition of autoimmune-disease-focused biotech Ouro Medicines for...

03:27 PM EDT, 03/23/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks rose late Monday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) up 1.7% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) adding 2.8%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index climbed 1.9%. In corporate news, Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed (MSFT) OpenAI is offering private-equity firms a sweeter deal than Anthropic...