(Updates with latest market activity throughout) By Matt Tracy WASHINGTON, March 27 - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday as uncertainty persisted around the Iran war and elevated energy prices. The yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes ticked up and was last up 2.8 basis points at 4.444%. Yields had earlier reached as high as 4.482%, their highest since July....

04:07 PM EDT, 03/27/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were higher late Friday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index rising 1.3% and the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) adding 1.8%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector Index was climbing 1%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities Index was up 0.6%. In sector news, oil prices rose as...

04:10 PM EDT, 03/27/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The Middle East conflict has introduced fresh challenges for the US economy, two Federal Reserve officials said Friday, joining a chorus of policymakers raising concerns about the economic fallout from the US-Israel war with Iran. Oil and gas prices have surged amid the effective closure of the crucial Strait of Hormuz, which carries...

04:00 PM EDT, 03/27/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were lower late Friday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) falling 2% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) dropping 2.9%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index shed 1.8%. In corporate news, Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google plans to financially support a multibillion-dollar data center in Texas that...