02:00 PM EDT, 05/02/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates prices.) Gold traded higher mid-afternoon on Friday following two days of losses as the dollar fell after a better-than-expected U.S. jobs report pushes investors to add risk. Gold for June delivery was last seen up US$19.70 to US$3,241.90 per ounce. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday reported nonfarm payrolls rose...

02:00 PM EDT, 05/02/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks rose Friday afternoon, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) increasing 0.3% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) climbing 1.9%. In corporate news, Unilever ( UL ) will invest 30 billion Mexican pesos ($1.53 billion) in Mexico between 2025 and 2028 to boost its production capacity,...

* Indexes up: Dow 1.45%, S&P 500 1.62%, Nasdaq 1.77% * U.S. economy adds 177,00 jobs * Apple ( AAPL ) slips as tariff costs weigh (Updates to 2:30 PM ET) By Chibuike Oguh and Sruthi Shankar NEW YORK, May 2 (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks advanced on Friday, on track for the second straight week of gains, helped by...

02:27 PM EDT, 05/02/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Cable One ( CABO ) shares sank 40% in recent trading Friday after the company suspended its quarterly dividend and reported Q1 revenue that trailed Wall Street estimates. Intraday trading volume rose to over 740,000 from a daily average of about 154,000. LendingTree ( TREE ) shares fell 24% after the company overnight...