01:12 PM EDT, 09/05/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were lower Friday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index falling 1.6% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) dropping 1.9%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector index was decreasing 0.6%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities index was easing 0.7%. Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil was declining 2.7% to...

(Updates with news of US jobs report, related market reaction) * CPI data set for Thursday, PPI a day earlier * Markets widely expect Fed rate cut at September 16-17 meeting * Weak jobs report on Friday raises expectations for easing * Tariff uncertainty re-emerges following court ruling By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A spate of...

01:02 PM EDT, 09/05/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were mixed Friday afternoon with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) easing 0.2% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) increasing 0.8%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index climbed 1.2%. In corporate news, Alphabet's (GOOG) Google ( GOOG ) was fined 2.95 billion euros ($3.5 billion) by the European Commission for violating...

01:11 PM EDT, 09/05/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded fund IWM rose and IVV declined. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was down 0.1%. US equity indexes fell in midday trading on Friday as a bleak August jobs report sent government bond yields, the dollar, and crude oil sharply lower. Energy iShares US Energy ETF (IYE) and...