04:00 PM EST, 11/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks fell late Friday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) declining 2.4% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) dropping 3.1%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index slumped 3.4%. In corporate news, Palantir Technologies ( PLTR ) shares jumped 9.8%, a day after the company announced a transfer of its stock...

03:52 PM EST, 11/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks fell late Friday afternoon with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) both dropping 0.9%. In corporate news, Lifeway Foods ( LWAY ) shares rose 5.5% after Danone North America increased its bid for the company by 8% to $27 a...

03:51 PM EST, 11/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes were lower ahead of Friday's close as markets assessed remarks by Federal Reserve officials and the latest economic data. The Nasdaq Composite was down 2.4% at 18,648.4, while the S&P 500 fell 1.5% to 5,861.3. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.8% to 43,416.1. Among sectors, technology saw the...

TOKYO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Japanese government bond (JGB) yields climbed on Thursday, with short-end yields rising to their highest in more than a decade, as yields tracked their U.S. peers higher and investors pondered another interest rate hike in Japan as soon as December. The 10-year JGB yield rose 1.5 basis points (bps) to 1.055%, its highest since Aug....