S&P 500 finishes at 7,533.77; chip downturn overshadows broad earnings gains
The S&P 500 ended Thursday at 7,533.77, slipping 0.51% even as almost 75% of its components rose. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.47%.
Wall Street ends lower; chip decline highlights S&P 500 concentration risk
U.S. stocks finished down on Thursday, pressured by a 4.29% decline in semiconductor shares. The Nasdaq fell 1.47%, with chip stocks weighing on the index's performance.
Health stocks today: Abbott (NYSE: ABT) jumps 11% as insurers split
Abbott Laboratories jumped 10.9%, lifting the XLV healthcare benchmark on Thursday. Managed-care shares moved in both directions.
Dow Edges Higher; Health Stock Gains Balance Chip Drop
By midday Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up roughly 109 points, with the U.S. cash session still open. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite slipped.
US Stocks Open Mixed With Tech Under Pressure
S&P 500 dipped Thursday with tech weighing on the index. Ten of eleven sectors gained, but technology losses took the benchmark below flat.
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) says at least 84% of its Q2 beat is now in its outlook; Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) moved 20%
UnitedHealth Group bumped its 2026 adjusted earnings forecast to a range of $19.50 to $20.00 a share, moving up after second-quarter adjusted EPS of $6.38 topped analyst picks by $1.48. Shares jumped close to 5% in early premarket. Elevance Health closed Wednesday down 8.7% after a smaller boost to guidance, even as it also beat earnings forecasts.
Nasdaq Slides on Chip Rout, but a Hidden Breadth Gauge Says the Selloff Is Narrow
U.S. stocks split sharply at midday Monday, with the Nasdaq Composite down 0.9% and the S&P 500 off 0.4% by 11:15 a.m. EDT as another memory-chip selloff met a 4.5% jump in Brent crude to $79.41 a barrel. The Dow eased 0.2%, a smaller move than in tech-heavy benchmarks.
UnitedHealth Faces $4.85 EPS Mark but $25 Is the Real Test
UnitedHealth Group traded up 1.1% to $429.47 late Monday morning, ahead of earnings out Thursday. The coming results may answer near-term EPS questions but the stock price keeps the bigger valuation story going. At $429.47, investors are looking past Q2 adjusted EPS of $4.85. They're effectively betting on about $25 per share in annual EPS by 2028.
The Biggest Earnings Reports This Week: Banks, TSMC and Netflix Put Wall Street’s Profit Boom on Trial
The market’s central question is whether the profit surge can broaden beyond artificial-intelligence chips and energy without exposing weaker credit. The evidence points to a cautious yes: analysts expect S&P 500 second-quarter earnings to rise 23.4% from a year earlier, and this week’s bank slate will test loan demand and consumer health. The answer still hinges on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. defending its high-growth, heavy-investment outlook. Guidance — management’s forecast for coming quarters — matters more now than another round of backward-looking beats.
Healthcare Stocks: J&J, UnitedHealth, Abbott Face Test on Sector’s 9% Earnings Drop
NEW YORK, July 12, 2026, 4:33 p.m. EDT — Healthcare stocks head into the week with Johnson & Johnson, UnitedHealth and Abbott set to gauge whether the sector’s reported 9% earnings decline is showing up in results.
Dow Jones Live: Two Stocks Fuel 340-Point Swing
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shook off a 221-point slide early Friday, up 119 points by midday in a swing of about 340 points. Caterpillar and Nvidia together pushed the index by an estimated 106 points, close to 90% of the advance, with the Dow at 52,606.76, up 0.23%, based on data delayed at least 15 minutes.
Dow Jones (INDEXDJX:.DJI) spikes 700 points as price-weighted stocks outpace tech slide
Dow jumps more than 700 points as industrials and banks surge, Nasdaq lagsLate Thursday morning, the Dow rallied 763.79 points to 52,612.69 as tracked by MarketWatch/FactSet. The move left the S&P 500 up 29.46 points. But the Nasdaq fell 86.98 points, weighed down by Apple, Microsoft Corp., Nvidia Corp. and Amazon.com Inc..
Insurers scramble to address AI health fraud while liability cover falls short
AI is moving past productivity projects at insurers. It’s turning into a claims risk, triggering liability worries and giving criminals on health plans a low-cost way to fake evidence.
Dow Jumps as Oil Drops; Wall Street Watches Broadcom AI Moves
Dow Jones hit a record high Thursday, lifted by gains in healthcare and financial names and as oil fell. Buying in those sectors outweighed a slide in Broadcom that weighed on the Nasdaq, keeping the tech index in check.
After The Bell: Dow Hits Record As Oil Slides, But Broadcom Sends A Warning On AI
Wall Street rose on Thursday, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average touched a record high, as easing oil prices and hopes for progress toward ending the Iran war pulled buyers into healthcare and financial shares. The Dow rose 809.88 points, or 1.60%, to 51,496.83, the S&P 500 gained 39.74 points, or 0.53%, to 7,593.42, and the Nasdaq Composite added 60.69 points, or 0.23%, to 26,915.12; Oliver Pursche, senior vice president at Wealthspire Advisors, called the chip move “rational exuberance” after Broadcom fell while Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor rose.
UnitedHealth Shares Climb as Wall Street Sees Less Cost Pressure
UnitedHealth Group shares climbed over 5% Thursday morning after Bank of America upgraded the stock to Buy and Morgan Stanley raised its price target. Wall Street is showing new support for the health insurer’s recovery bet.
Wall Street After-Hours Signals Following Record Highs
Wall Street's record streak hit some hesitation after hours Wednesday. Investors looked at uneven software earnings and a chip sector that slipped, while oil prices bounced late following new Middle East tensions.
Dow Jones Closes at Record as Oil Sinks; AI Stocks Pause
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high on Wednesday, rising 189.08 points, or 0.37%, to 50,650.76, as investors bought healthcare and consumer shares while the AI-led rally cooled. The S&P 500 edged up 0.02% and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.08%, leaving the broader market nearly flat after a run of record-setting gains.
Buffett heir makes first big Berkshire shake-up: Delta joins, UnitedHealth gone
Berkshire Hathaway, in its first portfolio moves since Greg Abel took over as CEO, added Delta Air Lines again to its holdings, made a big increase in Alphabet, and cut out a number of smaller positions such as UnitedHealth Group, Amazon, Visa, and Mastercard.
UnitedHealth Falls Premarket as Berkshire Sells Stake
• UnitedHealth slipped 4.8% to $375.06 in early premarket trade, after finishing Friday at $393.85.• Berkshire Hathaway said it dumped its UnitedHealth holding in a first-quarter shuffle.• These moves landed ahead of the NYSE regular session, which opens at 9:30 a.m. and closes at 4:00 p.m. Eastern.