03:48 PM EST, 11/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose late Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index adding 0.5% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.3%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was marginally higher. In corporate news, Pulse Biosciences ( PLSE ) shares jumped nearly 12% after board Co-Chair Robert Duggan, the controlling...

* Ford, GM fall after tariff threats * Amgen ( AMGN ) falls as keenly awaited obesity drug data disappoints * Wells Fargo ( WFC ) up on report of likely lifting of asset cap 2025 * Fed minutes showed officials divided over interest rate path (Updates with preliminary market close) By Saeed Azhar, Johann M Cherian and Purvi Agarwal...

04:02 PM EST, 11/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes ended higher Tuesday as markets evaluated minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy meeting and President-elect Donald Trump's comments on tariffs. * The minutes of the Nov. 6-7 Federal Open Market Committee meeting showed that almost all participants agreed that the risks to the inflation and employment goals...

03:51 PM EST, 11/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes were higher ahead of Tuesday's close following President-elect Donald Trump's latest comments on tariffs and minutes from the Federal Reserve's November policy meeting. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were up 0.5% each at 6,015.2 and 19,139.5, respectively, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% to 44,826.1....