08:59 AM EDT, 09/19/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing pre-bell Thursday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) 1.1% higher recently. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was up 3.1% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was 3.2% lower. Huize Holding ( HUIZ ) shares rose by over 9% after...

09:28 AM EDT, 09/19/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were higher premarket Thursday with the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLE ) up 1.6% recently. The United States Oil Fund ( USO ) was up 2.1% and the United States Natural Gas Fund ( UNG ) was 2.1% lower. Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was up 0.9%...

(Reuters) - Olive Garden-owner Darden Restaurants said on Thursday it has entered into a delivery deal with Uber Technologies ( UBER ), sending its shares up about 7% in premarket trading. The partnership is set to kick off as a pilot program at some Olive Garden ( DRI ) locations in the United States in late 2024 and expand to...

08:05 AM EDT, 09/19/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity futures were higher Thursday, rebounding from the previous session after a 50-basis-point interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve fueled losses for major benchmarks. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 1.2%, S&P 500 futures increased 1.7%, and Nasdaq futures surged 2.2%. On Wednesday, the central bank's Federal Open Market Committee lowered...