12:24 PM EDT, 08/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes traded mixed and most government bond yields fell in choppy midday trading on Monday. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.5% to 16,822.7, with the S&P 500 up 0.2% to 5,354.3. Both indexes were trading lower earlier in the session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2% to 39,420.1. All sectors were...

JERUSALEM, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Israel's shekel slipped as much as 1.7% against the dollar on Monday and Tel Aviv stocks shed more than 1% with investors becoming increasingly worried over a possible attack on Israel from Iran and Hezbollah. The shekel slumped to 3.7860 per dollar by 1556 GMT, a decline that saw the currency suffer its worst daily...

12:11 PM EDT, 08/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were trading in positive territory late Monday morning to kick off a new week that will feature a critical inflation data release, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was basically flat. In company news, KeyCorp ( KEY ) secured a $2.8 billion investment from Bank of...

(Reuters) - Australian financial stocks are ruling the roost on the traditionally miners-led local main index, fueled by growing interest from equity funds that are wary of the commodity-backed sector due to poor Chinese demand. The financial sub-index, composed chiefly of the biggest lenders in the region, has risen more than 15% this year. In contrast, the local metals and...