09:07 AM EDT, 08/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were edging higher pre-bell Friday, with the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLE ) advancing by 0.3%. The United States Oil Fund ( USO ) was 0.4% higher and the United States Natural Gas Fund ( UNG ) was down 2%. Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was 0.2%...

09:07 AM EDT, 08/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ( SPY ) was up 0.3% and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was 0.2% higher in Friday's premarket activity, ahead of US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole. US stock futures were also higher, with S&P 500 Index...

09:12 AM EDT, 08/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing premarket Friday, with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) up 0.4%. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares ( FAS ) was 1% higher and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares ( FAZ ) was down 0.7%. Blackstone (BX) is set to win the bidding...

09:06 AM EDT, 08/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were edging higher pre-bell Friday, with the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) advancing by 0.3%. The United States Oil Fund (USO) was 0.3% higher and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) was down 1.9%. Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was 0.2% higher at $63.67 per barrel at...