(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Tesla soars after strong sales forecast * UPS advances following quarterly profit beat * Boeing ( BA ) down after workers reject latest contract * Futures: Dow down 0.12%, S&P 500 up 0.46%, Nasdaq up 0.83% (Updated at 07:07...

(Reuters) - Rate cuts and easing bond yields are spurring some U.S. banks to cut losses on low-yielding investment securities, and park those funds in higher-yielding paper to improve returns and liquidity. Such moves are likely to accelerate as more Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts materialize into 2025. Declining rates also help reduce banks' paper losses that soared two years ago...

08:20 AM EDT, 10/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ( SPY ) was up 0.5% and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was 0.9% higher in Thursday's premarket activity amid Tesla's (TSLA) forecast-beating earnings and upbeat guidance. US stock futures were mixed, with S&P 500 Index futures up 0.5%, Dow Jones...

07:17 AM EDT, 10/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The most-talked-about stocks in the Reddit subforum Wallstreetbets were mixed hours ahead of Thursday's opening bell. Tesla (TSLA) rose by 13% in premarket hours, reversing a 2% decline from the previous session. Tesla reported Q3 non-GAAP earnings of $0.72 per diluted share, up from $0.66 a year earlier. Nvidia ( NVDA ) was...