03:44 PM EDT, 06/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were mixed late Wednesday afternoon, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) easing 0.2% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) climbing 1.4%. In corporate news, Conn's (CONN) has hired financial and operational advisers to rework its debt load and integrate a rival chain it bought last...

03:42 PM EDT, 06/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks declined late Wednesday afternoon with the NYSE Energy Sector Index shedding 0.8% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) down 1%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector index dropped 0.8%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities index shed 0.1%. US crude oil stocks, including those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, rose...

03:43 PM EDT, 06/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes were mixed ahead of Wednesday's close as a report showed new-home sales fell in May. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.2% at 17,760.2, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1% to 39,136.5. The S&P 500 was little changed at 5,468.5. Among sectors, consumer discretionary was the sole gainer,...

03:31 PM EDT, 06/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks fell late Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index losing 0.4% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) down 0.3%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) fell 1.2%. In regulatory news, the US Health and Human Services Department said some Medicare enrollees will pay less for 64 prescription...