01:32 PM EDT, 07/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks edged higher Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index adding 0.2% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.1%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) rose 0.8%. In corporate news, Humana (HUM) shares fell 8.8% after it warned of higher-than-expected inpatient hospital admissions even as its Q2...

12:33 PM EDT, 07/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes jumped amid broad-based sector gains as government bond yields slumped in anticipation of September rate-cut clues in the Federal Reserve's July policy statement and after Microsoft ( MSFT ) pared overnight share-price declines. The Nasdaq surged 2.6% to 17,585.6, with the S&P 500 up 1.7% to 5,526.5 and the Dow...

12:58 PM EDT, 07/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded fund IWM and IVV were higher Wednesday. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) rose 2.7%. US equity indexes jumped, all sectors gained and most government bond yields slumped in anticipation of September rate-cut clues in the Federal Reserve's July policy statement and after Microsoft ( MSFT ) pared...

U.S. CRUDE FUTURES EXTEND GAINS, RISE OVER $3 TO 77.73 A BARREL ...