01:33 PM EDT, 07/09/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing in Wednesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index up 0.1% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) adding 0.2%. The Philadelphia Housing Index was climbing 1.7%, while the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) was easing 0.1%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was increasing 0.2% to $109,178, and the...

01:09 PM EDT, 07/09/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV rose. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was up 0.4%. US equity indexes rose with the Nasdaq Composite climbing to a record as Nvidia ( NVDA ) became the first company ever to surpass $4 trillion in market capitalization. Energy iShares US Energy ETF...

01:15 PM EDT, 07/09/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were higher Wednesday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) each adding 0.2%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index rose 0.4%. In corporate news, Microsoft's ( MSFT ) AI business potential is being underestimated by the market, according to Oppenheimer, which believes the tech...

U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining more than 100 points on Wednesday. The Dow traded up 0.18% to 44,319.31 while the NASDAQ gained 0.62% to 20,545.29. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.31% to 6,245.11. Check This Out: Top 2 Tech Stocks That May Plunge This Month Leading and Lagging Sectors Communication services shares...