12:40 PM EDT, 07/08/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark indexes traded mixed midday Monday as investors awaited Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's congressional testimony and the inflation report later this week. The Nasdaq was up 0.1% to 18,371.46, while the S&P 500 was marginally lower at 5,565.47 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.1% to 39,323.96 Communication services...

12:07 PM EDT, 07/08/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The Toronto Stock Exchange is down 58 points with miners (-2.1%), posting the biggest declines. Oil prices eased early on Monday, falling for a second day on lower geopolitical risk as Iran elected a more moderate president amid ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas, while Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Texas, closing export...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window) * Boeing ( BA ) rises after plea deal in 737 MAX probe * Powell Congressional testimony on Tuesday and Wednesday * Indexes up: Dow 0.70%, S&P 0.24%, Nasdaq 0.12% (Updated at 9:48 a.m. ET) By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Boeing ( BA ) rises after plea deal in 737 MAX probe * Paramount Global ( PARAA ) slips after Skydance merger deal * Powell Congressional testimony on Tuesday and Wednesday * Indexes: Dow down 0.21%, S&P down 0.05%,...