09:21 AM EDT, 10/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were edging higher pre-bell Thursday, with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) edging 0.02% higher. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was up 0.06% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was 0.1% higher. Charles Schwab ( SCHW ) shares were up nearly 3%...

09:17 AM EDT, 10/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were rising pre-bell Thursday, with the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) 0.4% higher and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up marginally. Thermo Fisher Scientific ( TMO ) shares were up more than 3% after the company said it is collaborating with Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed (MSFT) OpenAI to...

(Reuters) -Semiconductor stocks advanced on Thursday after top contract chipmaker TSMC issued a rosy forecast, fanning optimism about demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure in a week of multi-billion-dollar deals across the sector. The company posted a record quarterly profit and raised its annual revenue expectation, pointing to robust demand from customers including AI chip giant Nvidia ( NVDA ) and...

09:25 AM EDT, 10/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity futures were up ahead of Thursday's opening bell, with futures of technology sector-heavy Nasdaq Composite outperforming other benchmarks following strong earnings from chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ( TSM ) . Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 0.2% higher, S&P 500 futures were up 0.3%, and Nasdaq futures were 0.5% higher. Taiwan...