03:43 PM EDT, 09/06/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks declined late Friday afternoon with the NYSE Energy Sector Index falling 1.4% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) dropping 1.6%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector Index retreated 2.4%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities Index shed 0.4%. West Texas Intermediate crude oil fell 1.6% to $68.08 a barrel, while...

08:50 AM EDT, 09/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were steady premarket Thursday, with The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) unchanged and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) inactive. Five current and former employees of AstraZeneca ( AZN ) have been detained in China on suspicion of illegal patient data collection and the importation of an unapproved liver...

08:54 AM EDT, 09/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were edging higher pre-bell Thursday, with The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) up 0.1%. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was up 0.6% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was 0.2% lower. Deutsche Bank ( DB ) shares were up over 3% after...

08:57 AM EDT, 09/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks rose in Thursday's pre-bell hours as the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) was up 0.6% recently. The United States Oil Fund (USO) was 1.4% higher and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) was up 2.1%. Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was up 0.9% at $69.80 per barrel...