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12:59 PM EDT, 06/27/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds, including IWM and IVV, were higher Thursday. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was up 0.2%. US equity indexes rose in choppy trade after a surprise increase in durable goods orders coincided with an upward revision in the final estimate for Q1 economic growth. Energy iShares US...

01:34 PM EDT, 06/27/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes rose in choppy trading while government bond yields fell after midday on Thursday as a surprise increase in durable goods orders coincided with an upward revision in the final estimate for Q1 economic growth. The Nasdaq rose 0.3% to 17,846.4 after midday Thursday, and the S&P 500 climbed less than...

01:34 PM EDT, 06/27/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were mixed in Thursday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index fractionally higher and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) 0.1% lower. The Philadelphia Housing Index was up 0.1%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) was adding 0.4%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was increasing 1.8% to $61,899, and the...