03:30 PM EDT, 03/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were advancing late Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) each rising 0.2%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector index was up 0.3%, while the Dow Jones US Utilities index fell 0.7%. Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil was down 0.3% to $77.66...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some market participants believe the relentless U.S. stock rally is poised for a breather, even if it remains unclear whether equities are in a bubble or a strong bull run. The benchmark S&P 500 index is up over 25% in the last five months, a phenomenon that has occurred just 10 times since the 1930s, according...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Barely weeks after Japanese stocks broke three-decade highs, the country's financial markets are hurtling toward another phenomenon not seen for the best part of a generation: rising interest rates. Bankers are attending remedial classes on what to do when rates move and trading rooms are setting up for moribund derivative markets to spring to life -- as...

03:39 PM EDT, 03/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks gained late Tuesday afternoon with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) rising 1.9% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) adding 0.4%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index climbed 1.6%. In corporate news, Alphabet's (GOOG) Google ( GOOG ) said Tuesday in a blog that it is rolling out restrictions on types...