09:11 AM EDT, 04/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were declining premarket Thursday as the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) was marginally lower and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLY ) was down 0.3% recently. CarMax ( KMX ) was down more than 8% after reporting lower fiscal Q1 net earnings per share and net...

08:57 AM EDT, 04/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were higher premarket Thursday with the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) up 0.2% recently. The United States Oil Fund (USO) was 0.7% lower and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) was down 1.9%. Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was down 0.6% at $85.67 per barrel at the...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Alpine Immune surges on Vertex Pharma's $4.9-bln takeover * March producer prices at 2.1% YoY vs 2.2% estimated * Futures: Dow down 0.07%, S&P down 0.05%, Nasdaq up 0.10% (Updated at 8:44 a.m. ET/ 1244 GMT) By Shashwat Chauhan...

08:49 AM EDT, 04/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing premarket Thursday as the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) was 0.2% higher recently. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was up 0.4% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was 0.4% lower. Banco Santander (SAN) recently hired dealmakers from three rival investment...