04:07 PM EDT, 07/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes ended mixed Tuesday as the Federal Reserve's two-day monetary policy meeting got underway and investors awaited Microsoft's ( MSFT ) financial results. * The central bank's Federal Open Market Committee is scheduled to announce its latest monetary policy decision Wednesday. Markets are widely expecting policymakers to hold interest rates...

03:30 PM EDT, 07/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks advanced in late Tuesday afternoon trading with the NYSE Financial Index adding 0.6% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) ahead 1%. The Philadelphia Housing Index rose 1%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) gained 0.5%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) fell 1.5% to $65,787, and the yield for 10-year...

03:35 PM EDT, 07/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were falling late Tuesday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) falling 2.5% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) dropping 3.9%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index fell 3.8%. In corporate news, Tenable (TENB) shares jumped nearly 11% after Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the company is exploring a potential sale...

03:45 PM EDT, 07/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks advanced in late Tuesday afternoon trading with the NYSE Financial Index adding 0.6% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) ahead 1%. The Philadelphia Housing Index rose 1%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) gained 0.5%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) fell 1.5% to $65,787, and the yield for 10-year...