U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining by more than 200 points on Friday. Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded up 0.20% to 38,162.13 while the NASDAQ rose 1.36% to 15,823.47. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.73% to 5,085.46. Check This Out: Top 4 Materials Stocks That May Explode In Q2 Leading and...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * March PCE data in line with estimates * Intel ( INTC ) down after dour Q2 forecast * Indexes up: Dow 0.25%, S&P 0.71%, Nasdaq 1.33% (Updated at 9:43 a.m. ET/1343 GMT) By Shristi Achar A and Shashwat Chauhan...

01:25 PM EDT, 04/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were gaining in Friday afternoon trading, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) adding 1.5% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) climbing 2.2%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index spiked 2.9%. In corporate news, Alphabet (GOOG) shares jumped 10%, with the company breaching the $2 trillion market value mark after it...

12:23 PM EDT, 04/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes rose after the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation in March met market expectations and as quarterly earnings from technology heavyweights lifted investor sentiment. The S&P 500 climbed 1.1% to 5,102.3, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average 0.5% higher at 38,269.5 and the Nasdaq Composite up 2% to 15,931.3 Communication...