05:25 PM EDT, 07/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equities closed mixed Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell remained noncommittal regarding potential interest rate cuts after the central bank again held its policy rate steady. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4% to 44,461.3, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.1% to 6,362.9. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.2% to 21,129.7. Most...

(Reuters) -Meta Platforms forecast third-quarter revenue well above analysts' estimates on Wednesday, as artificial intelligence once more powered its core advertising business, sending its shares soaring 11% in extended trading. The bumper results could ease investor worries about the social media giant's frenzied pace of spending, at least for now, as it seeks to change Wall Street's impression that it...

(Reuters) -Wall Street's AI heavyweights added a combined half a trillion dollars in stock market value late on Wednesday after quarterly reports from Microsoft ( MSFT ) and Meta Platforms ( META ) showed massive investments in the emerging technology were paying off. In extended trade, Microsoft ( MSFT ) jumped 8% and Meta surged 9%, with the two Magnificent...

05:24 PM EDT, 07/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- B2Gold ( BTG ) edged in after-hours New York trading after the company on Wednesday said it received approvals from the State of Mali to begin underground operations, including stope ore production, at the Fekola Mine in Mali, which it describes as a key production growth driver for the Fekola Complex. B2Gold (...