TOKYO, May 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average eked out meagre gains on Thursday, with the yen's sudden appreciation and a mixed performance on Wall Street dragging on sentiment. The Nikkei was up 0.07% at 38,299.71 by the midday close, with gains and losses relatively limited as investors avoided making big moves before the market entered a long holiday...

04:56 PM EDT, 05/01/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes closed mostly lower Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged and said there's been a lack of further progress in bringing inflation down in recent months. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.3% each to 5,018.4 and 15,605.5, respectively. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose...

03:35 PM EDT, 05/01/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks advanced late Wednesday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index rising 0.9% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) gaining 0.7%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) climbed 2.8%. In corporate news, CVRx ( CVRX ) shares plunged 37%, a day after the company reported Q1 revenue that missed...

03:22 PM EDT, 05/01/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks retreated in late Wednesday afternoon trading with the NYSE Energy Sector Index shedding 0.6% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) down 1.1%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector index fell 0.9%, while the Dow Jones US Utilities index gained 1.6%. US crude oil stocks, including those in the Strategic Petroleum...