08:53 AM EDT, 06/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were steady premarket Wednesday with the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) and iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) recently inactive. Vir Biotechnology ( VIR ) was nearly12% higher after saying preliminary data from a mid-stage trial evaluating its investigational hepatitis therapies tobevibart and elebsiran showed sustained virologic response from the...

08:49 AM EDT, 06/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were advancing premarket Wednesday as the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) was marginally up and the iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF (IGM) was 1.7% higher recently. SAP (SAP) said it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire digital adoption platform company WalkMe ( WKME ) for an equity value of...

08:58 AM EDT, 06/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing premarket Wednesday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) 0.3% higher recently. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was up 0.8% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was 0.8% lower. Ambac Financial Group ( AMBC ) was down more than 2%...

08:49 AM EDT, 06/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity futures were cautiously higher ahead of Wednesday's opening bell as traders digested private payrolls data. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures gained 0.2%, S&P 500 futures increased 0.2%, and Nasdaq futures were up 0.4%. Oil prices were higher, with front-month global benchmark Brent up 0.5% at $77.91 per barrel and US West...