12:58 PM EDT, 10/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Friday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index fractionally higher and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.1%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) added 0.5%. In corporate news, Eli Lilly ( LLY ) has agreed to buy Adverum Biotechnologies ( ADVM ) , which is developing...

01:07 PM EDT, 10/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks rose Friday afternoon with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) increasing 1.7% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) advancing 1.4%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index climbed 2.3%. In corporate news, Intel ( INTC ) shares rose 1.8%, a day after the chipmaker posted a Q3 profit and reported an unexpected...

01:07 PM EDT, 10/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV were higher. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was up 1.2%. US equity indexes broke records as consumer price inflation cooled, boosting market expectations of two interest-rate cuts this year. Energy iShares US Energy ETF (IYE) and the Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) each...

IREN Limited is our Stock of the Day because it may be on the verge of a breakout. This could be a bullish dynamic, suggesting the shares will continue to trade higher (analysts attribute the move to positive brokerage comments). Like all markets, the stock market moves because of shifts in supply and demand. If there is more demand, or shares...