09:06 AM EDT, 05/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were down in Wednesday's pre-bell activity, with the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) declining by 0.1% recently. The United States Oil Fund (USO) was 1.1% lower, and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) was down 0.1%. Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was down 1% at $77.85 per...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Standard & Poor's 500 will end the year near current levels, but strong stock market gains so far in 2024 have some strategists saying the index is at risk of a correction in coming months, according to a Reuters poll released Wednesday. By year-end, the benchmark index will be at 5,302, according to the median...

09:03 AM EDT, 05/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were declining premarket Wednesday, with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) recently down 0.1%. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was 1.1% lower, and bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was up 0.6%. Citigroup ( C ) Global Markets has been fined 27.8 million British...

09:04 AM EDT, 05/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were flat to lower premarket Wednesday, with the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) inactive and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) down 0.2%. Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals ( EPRX ) shares were up more than 14% after the company said that new clinical data from its phase 1b/2a study of EP-104GI...