01:42 PM EDT, 04/08/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were softer Monday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) each shedding 0.3% The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) rose 0.2%. In corporate news, Eli Lilly ( LLY ) broke ground on a plant near Frankfurt to increase production of its weight-loss...

01:41 PM EDT, 04/08/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were mixed Monday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) decreasing 0.2% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) up 1.3%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index rose 0.2%. In corporate news, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ( TSM ) said Monday that its Arizona unit agreed to preliminary terms with the US...

01:06 PM EDT, 04/08/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds, including IWM and IVV, were higher. Actively-traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was up 0.1%. US benchmark stock indexes rose after midday on Monday as government bond yields rose, extending gains from last week, and investors weighed the probabilities of an interest-rate cut versus a pause in June...

01:48 PM EDT, 04/08/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes were grinding higher in choppy trading at midday Monday as government bond yields extended gains and investors weighed the neck-to-neck probabilities of an interest-rate cut versus a pause in June. The S&P 500 rose less than 0.1% to 5,207.4, after trading moderately lower earlier in the session. The Nasdaq Composite...