03:59 PM EST, 11/20/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes ended mixed Wednesday as investors parsed the latest corporate earnings and awaited Nvidia's (NVDA) results. * Chip-making giant Nvidia is scheduled to report its fiscal Q3 results after Wednesday's closing bell, along with companies such as Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and Snowflake (SNOW). * The Federal Reserve will likely...

03:45 PM EST, 11/20/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were higher late Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index up 0.8% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) adding 0.9%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) rose 0.7%. In corporate news, PainReform's ( PRFX ) shares tumbled 26% after the company blamed an incoherence of data for...

03:45 PM EST, 11/20/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes were mixed ahead of Wednesday's close as investors parsed the latest corporate earnings and awaited Nvidia's (NVDA) results. The Nasdaq Composite was down 0.3% at 18,937.2, while the S&P 500 fell 0.1% to 5,911.5. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3% to 43,398.8. Among sectors, consumer discretionary saw the...

* Target ( TGT ) plunges after muted holiday-quarter sales forecast * Nvidia ( NVDA ) slips before results due after market close (Updates prices and market activity to the close) By Abigail Summerville and Lisa Pauline Mattackal Nov 20 (Reuters) - The tech-heavy Nasdaq closed lower on Wednesday, taking a break from the prior session's rally as investors worried...