02:32 PM EDT, 03/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes were lower intraday as traders weighed the impact of President Donald Trump's new auto tariffs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite were down 0.4% each at 42,271.2 and 17,826.5, respectively, after midday Thursday. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% to 5,692.2. Among sectors, energy saw the biggest...

02:40 PM EDT, 03/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates prices.) Oil prices were steady mid-afternoon on Thursday on an uncertain economic outlook after U.S. President Donald Trump ratcheted up his trade wars with a promise to impose 25% tariffs on autos imported into the United States. West Texas Intermediate crude for May delivery was last seen up US$0.27 to US$69.92 per...

* Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) down after brokerage downgrade * Weekly jobless claims at 224,000 * Indexes down: S&P 500 0.17%, Nasdaq 0.22%, Dow 0.27% (Updates to afternoon US trading) By Johann M Cherian and Noel Randewich March 27 (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks dipped on Thursday, as investors grappled with U.S. President Donald Trump's latest trade tariff...

02:48 PM EDT, 03/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Scinai Immunotherapeutics ( SCNI ) said Thursday it signed a binding option agreement to acquire Italian biotech firm Pincell by the end of the year. To facilitate a grant application, Pincell exclusively licensed PC111 to Scinai's wholly owned Polish subsidiary, which submitted an application under the European Funds for a Modern Economy program...