U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining more than 100 points on Thursday. The Dow traded up 0.63% to 42,230.78 while the NASDAQ climbed 0.81% to 17,894.89. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.61% to 5,710.13. Check This Out: Tesla To $450? Here Are 10 Top Analyst Forecasts For Thursday Leading and Lagging Sectors Communication...

01:04 PM EDT, 03/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV were lower. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) slipped 0.4%. US equity indexes were mixed after midday Thursday as the probability for interest-rate cuts penciled in for this year increased following the March monetary policy meeting and weekly jobless claims jumped. Energy iShares US...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Weekly jobless claims at 223,000 * Accenture ( ACN ) falls after flagging federal contract cancellations * Darden Restaurants ( DRI ) narrows annual profit forecast * Indexes up: Dow 0.42%, S&P 500 0.34%, Nasdaq 0.50% (Updates with mid-session...

12:28 PM EDT, 03/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes rose after midday Thursday as the probability for interest-rate cuts penciled in for this year increased following the March monetary policy meeting and weekly jobless claims jumped. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.4% to 17,812.8, with the S&P 500 up 0.2% to 5,687.5 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average 0.4% higher...