The S&P 500 ended higher on Thursday, with Pfizer and Tesla fueling a late-session rally while investors eyed the war in Ukraine and a potentially more aggressive Federal Reserve.

Wall Street was mixed on Thursday, with Amazon and Nvidia weighing on the Nasdaq and Pfizer lifting the S&P 500 as investors eyed the war in Ukraine and a potentially more aggressive Federal Reserve.

The S&P 500 ended higher on Thursday, with Microsoft and Tesla fueling a late-session rally while investors eyed the war in Ukraine and a potentially more aggressive Federal Reserve.

(Reuters) -Oil prices slid after rising earlier in the session on Thursday amid uncertainty that the euro zone will be able to effectively sanction Russian energy exports, and after consuming nations announced a huge release of oil from emergency reserves.

(Reuters) -Oil settled lower on Thursday, adding to weekly losses on uncertainty that the euro zone will be able to effectively sanction Russian energy exports and after consuming nations announced a huge release of oil from emergency reserves.

Activision Blizzard Inc said on Thursday nearly 1,100 U.S.-based temporary and contingent quality assurance workers of some divisions will be converted to full-time employees, starting July 1.