* Luxury stocks aid gains on France's CAC 40 * Elisa slumps on unexpected Q3 revenue fall * Goldman Sachs ( GS ) slashes STOXX 600 2024 earnings growth forecast * STOXX 600 up 0.2% (Updated at 1602 GMT) By Paolo Laudani, Ankika Biswas and Johann M Cherian Oct 18 (Reuters) - Europe's STOXX 600 ended higher on Friday, as...

01:12 PM EDT, 10/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV were mixed with the latter advancing. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) gained 0.7%. US equity indexes turned higher after midday trading on Friday, while government bond yields and crude oil futures dropped. Energy iShares US Energy ETF (IYE) dipped 0.7% and Energy Select...

12:48 PM EDT, 10/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes traded mixed while government bond yields fell with crude oil futures in midday trading on Friday. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.6% to 18,481.5, with the S&P 500 up 0.3% to 5,861.4. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was fractionally lower at 43,235.8. The communication services sector was the top gainer intraday,...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Netflix ( NFLX ) projects continued growth through year-end * CVS falls after replacing CEO * American Express ( AXP ), SLB down following results * Indexes: Dow down 0.09%, S&P 500 up 0.27%, Nasdaq up 0.52% (Updated at...