(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window) * FTSE 100 up 0.3%, FTSE 250 flat * AB Foods slumps on weak Primark sales outlook * Haleon ( HLN ) rises after GS upgrade * Vistry slips on H1 profit drop Sept 10 (Reuters) - Britain's blue-chip index...

(Reuters) -The interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan dropped by the most in six months last week after a weak employment report drove benchmark Treasury bond yields down in anticipation of a Federal Reserve rate cut at its meeting next week. The Mortgage Bankers Association on Wednesday said the contract rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage dropped...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Futures: Dow down 0.12%, S&P 500 up 0.29%, Nasdaq up 0.22% * August producer prices report expected at 8.30 am ET * Oracle's forecast boosts chipmakers, power supply companies * Barclays raises S&P 500 year-end target (Updates prices,...

07:36 AM EDT, 09/10/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The main US stock measures were mostly pointing higher in Wednesday's premarket activity as investors await last month's data on producer prices and assess the latest developments related to President Donald Trump's tariffs. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% and the Nasdaq added 0.2% before the opening bell, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average...