01:26 PM EDT, 05/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks declined Friday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) down 0.1% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) fractionally lower. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index shed 0.4%. In corporate news, Applied Materials ( AMAT ) shares fell more than 5% after the company late Thursday reported fiscal Q2 revenue that...

01:08 PM EDT, 05/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV were higher. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was up 0.1%. US equity indexes rose in midday trading Friday, even after a consumer sentiment gauge slumped and inflation expectations surged. Energy IShares US Energy ETF (IYE) and the Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) dropped...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Indexes up: Dow 0.04%, S&P 500 0.17%, Nasdaq 0.12% * Charter Communications ( CHTR ) rises after co to buy Cox Communications * U. Mitch Consumer Sentiment Index at 50.8 vs 53.4 estimate * Applied Materials ( AMAT )...

12:24 PM EDT, 05/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes rose in midday trading Friday even after a consumer sentiment gauge slumped and inflation expectations surged. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.2% to 19,142.1, the S&P 500 rose 0.2% to 5,929.2, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.2% to 42,412.3. Health care and utilities led the gainers, and technology and...