01:10 PM EDT, 05/13/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were higher Wednesday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) rising 0.9% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) gaining 3.2%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index added 2.5%. In corporate news, Nvidia ( NVDA ) Chief Executive Jensen Huang joined President Donald Trump on his visit...

* Indexes: Dow down 0.53%, S&P 500 up 0.18%, Nasdaq up 0.71% * US producer prices post biggest gain in four years in April * Utilities, real estate led sector losses (Updates with afternoon trading levels) By Ragini Mathur, Shashwat Chauhan and Utkarsh Hathi May 13 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 hovered near its record highs on Wednesday as chip...

* Producer Price Index increases 1.4% in April, largest gain since March 2022 * Increase in producer inflation is across services and goods * Producer prices rise 6.0% year-on-year, biggest advance since December 2022 By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices posted their biggest increase in four years in April, boosted by soaring costs for goods...

12:16 PM EDT, 05/13/2026 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes traded mixed in midday trading on Wednesday amid a hot producer price inflation print. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5% to 49,532.5, while the Nasdaq rose 0.8% to 26,304.2 and the S&P 500 climbed 0.3% to 7,424.8. Utilities, financials, and real estate led the decliners. Communication services, consumer discretionary,...