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Health care stocks were higher Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index adding 0.3% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.2%.

Financial stocks rose in Wednesday afternoon trading with the NYSE Financial Index and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) both up 0.2%.

Consumer stocks were decreasing Wednesday afternoon, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) shedding 0.4% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) down 0.7%.

Tech stocks were in the red Wednesday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) down 0.7% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) falling 3.2%.

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Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Boeing Co. (Symbol: BA), where a total of 35,524 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 3.6 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 44.1% of BA

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Meta Platforms Inc (Symbol: META), where a total volume of 168,096 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approxim

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Mastercard Inc (Symbol: MA), where a total of 11,860 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.2 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 51.4% o

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in NVIDIA Corp (Symbol: NVDA), where a total of 1.0 million contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 100.7 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 2

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Costco Wholesale Corp (Symbol: COST), where a total volume of 10,628 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approx

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Johnson & Johnson (Symbol: JNJ), where a total of 57,862 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 5.8 million underlying shares. That amounts to about

Energy stocks declined in Wednesday afternoon trading with the NYSE Energy Sector Index falling 1.6% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) dropping 1.7%.

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN24 ) this morning is down -951 (-10.24%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN24 ) is down -664 (-8.37%). Cocoa prices today are sharply lower. Recent volatility in cocoa prices has made it more expensive to maintain positions in cocoa futures as margins have sharply...

On 5/3/24, Dynagas LNG Partners LP's 9.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units (Symbol: DLNG.PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.5625, payable on 5/13/24. As a percentage of DLNG.PRA's recent share price of $25.94, this dividend works out t

(RTTNews) - The Treasury Department on Wednesday announced the details of this month's auctions of three-year and ten-year notes and thirty-year bonds.

(RTTNews) - TG Therapeutics Inc. (TGTX) revealed Loss for first quarter that decreased from last year but missed the Street estimates.

Energy stocks were leaning lower premarket Wednesday with the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) recently down 0.3%.

(RTTNews) - NNN REIT, Inc. (NNN) reported that its first quarter FFO increased to $151.26 million from $145.55 million, last year. FFO per share was $0.83 compared to $0.80. Core FFO per share increased to $0.83 from $0.80. AFFO per share was $0.84 compared to $0.82. Net earnings

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Financial stocks were down in premarket activity Wednesday as the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) recently fell by 0.3%.