(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window) * Indexes: Dow down 0.11%, S&P 500 up 0.05%, Nasdaq up 0.23% * Hershey beats quarterly estimates, shares up * U.S. GDP up 3% in Q2 (Updates with early afternoon prices, analyst comment) By Nikhil Sharma and Pranav Kashyap...

01:15 PM EDT, 07/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were lower Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index falling 1% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) down 0.9%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector index was decreasing 1%, while the Dow Jones US Utilities index was rising 1.1%. Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose 1.4% to $70.21...

01:02 PM EDT, 07/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV rose. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was up 0.3%. US equity indexes were mixed while most government bond yields rose after midday on Wednesday as the economy grew more than forecast in Q2 and job additions in July outpaced market consensus. Energy iShares...

12:36 PM EDT, 07/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes were mixed while most government bond yields rose after midday on Wednesday as the economy grew more than forecast in Q2 and job additions in July outpaced market consensus. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.4% to 21,189.1, after hitting a new all-time high of 21,303.96 on Tuesday. The S&P 500 climbed...