01:34 PM EDT, 06/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were decreasing in Wednesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index easing 0.1% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) marginally down. The Philadelphia Housing Index was rising 1%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) was down 0.2%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was increasing 1.3% to $71,432, and the...

01:29 PM EDT, 06/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks eased Wednesday afternoon with the NYSE Energy Sector Index little changed, paring earlier losses, and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) down 0.1%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector index rose 0.3%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities index fell 0.9%. US crude oil stocks, including those in the Strategic Petroleum...

01:34 PM EDT, 06/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks rose Wednesday afternoon with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) climbing 1.8% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) jumping 3.2%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index surged 3.7%. In corporate news, Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( HPE ) shares soared 13% after the company reported stronger-than-expected sales and earnings for fiscal Q2...

01:20 PM EDT, 06/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes rose in midday trading Wednesday after a services gauge swung to expansion in May while the number of jobs added in the same month slumped. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.6% to 17,125.1 with the S&P 500 climbing 0.8% to 5,333.2 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.1% to 38,738.5....