01:08 PM EDT, 03/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV were higher. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) slipped 0.1%. US equity indexes were trading mixed after midday Monday following the release of retail sales data that fell short of market expectations and ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision to be announced...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window) * Intel ( INTC ) up after report new CEO plots overhaul of manufacturing, AI operations * February retail sales rise 0.2% * New York factory activity falls in March * Indexes: Dow up 0.39%, S&P 500 up 0.06%,...

01:39 PM EDT, 03/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Qifu Technology ( QFIN ) was extending its Monday gains after the Shanghai-based lender reported Q4 non-GAAP net income Sunday of 13.66 Chinese renminbi ($1.87) per American depositary share, up from 7.14 renminbi a year earlier. Revenue was relatively steady, slipping 0.4% from year-ago levels, at 4.48 billion renminbi, topping the single-analyst call...

01:25 PM EDT, 03/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were higher Monday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) each rising 1.7%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector index added 1.6%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities index was up 0.8%. Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil was rising 0.5% to $67.49 a...