03:24 PM EDT, 06/28/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were edging higher late Friday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index up 0.1% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) adding 0.2%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector index was posting a 0.8% increase, and the Dow Jones US Utilities index was falling 1.3%. Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil...

03:35 PM EDT, 06/28/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks rose late Friday afternoon with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) up 0.1% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) gaining 0.6%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index added 0.4%. In corporate news, Apple's ( AAPL ) move to incorporate artificial intelligence in the iPhone, iPad and Mac is likely to add...

* Traders add to Fed rate cut bets as inflation eases * Nike ( NKE ) slumps after results * Infinera ( INFN ) jumps after Nokia to buy company * Indexes down: Dow 0.3%, S&P 0.17%, Nasdaq 0.21% (Updates throughout) By Ankika Biswas, Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Carolina Mandl June 28 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were muted on Friday...

(Updates yields; adds analyst comments, graphics) By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK, June 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yields reversed earlier declines to trade higher on Friday as uncertainty around the U.S. presidential election as well as the imminent French legislative elections offset an earlier confidence boost from a slowdown in U.S. inflation. Yields, which move inversely to prices, had declined...