03:36 PM EDT, 03/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks rose late Tuesday afternoon with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) increasing 0.7% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) gaining 1%. Redbook US same-store sales in the week ended March 9 rose 3% from a year earlier after a 3.1% increase in the previous week. In...

03:40 PM EDT, 03/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose late Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index increasing 0.7% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) gaining 0.6%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) fell 0.5%. In corporate news, Geron's ( GERN ) imetelstat will be reviewed by the US Food and Drug Administration's Oncology Drugs...

03:33 PM EDT, 03/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks rose in late Tuesday afternoon trading with the NYSE Financial Index advancing 0.5% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) adding 0.6%. The Philadelphia Housing Index climbed 1.2%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) shed 0.3%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) fell 0.8% to $71,564, and the yield for 10-year...

Stocks were lower in early trading Tuesday as investors mulled over the February Consumer Price Index (CPI) report. However, a big rally in several mega-cap tech names helped the main indexes find their footing.   Ahead of the open, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said headline CPI was up 0.4% from January to February and 3.2% higher year-over-year. Both figures...