(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Indexes up: Dow 0.59%, S&P 500 0.90%, Nasdaq 1.21% * Consumer sentiment stands at 57.9 in March * Tesla up on report it is planning lower-cost Model Y in Shanghai * Bullion miners up as gold prices cross...

01:25 PM EDT, 03/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were higher Friday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index adding 2.5% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) rising 2.6%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector index climbed 3.2%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities index was up 1.2%. Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil was rising 1.1% to $67.25...

12:11 PM EDT, 03/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The Toronto Stock Exchange is up 308 points at midday, with most sectors higher. The biggest gainers are miners and technology, both up 2.4%. Telecoms, down 1%, is the sole negative. Oil prices rose early on Friday as Russia appeared to reject a U.S.-backed ceasefire in Ukraine, reducing the chance for the lifting...

11:47 AM EDT, 03/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- All three major US stock indexes were trending higher around midday Friday, with the Nasdaq Composite leading the way, amid increasing expectations that US legislators will devise a stopgap funding measure to prevent a government shutdown. In economic news, the University of Michigan's preliminary consumer sentiment index fell to 57.9 in March from...