09:15 AM EDT, 09/04/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were steady pre-bell Wednesday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLF ) unchanged recently. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares ( FAS ) was down 0.2% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares ( FAZ ) was 0.1% lower. Blackstone (BX) said funds managed by...

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Sept 4 (Reuters) - Skippy peanut butter maker Hormel Foods ( HRL ) cut its annual sales forecast on Wednesday, hurt by lower commodity prices and a production disruption at its Planters brand manufacturing facility in Virginia. Hormel's shares were down about 5% in premarket trading. The company also missed market expectations for third-quarter sales and narrowed its annual adjusted...

09:16 AM EDT, 09/04/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks fell in premarket hours Wednesday as The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLV ) declined by 0.4% and the iShares Biotechnology ETF ( IBB ) was down 0.7%. Athira Pharma ( ATHA ) shares were down more than 75% after the company said overnight that its phase 2/3...