Dow sinks 454 points on steeper losses in six key stocks due to price-based index weighting
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped a preliminary 453.64 points on Thursday, down 0.83%, halting a five-day winning run.
Dow Jones Falls by 370 Points, With Five Stocks Responsible for 59% of Decline
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped to 53,978.75 during midday trading on Thursday. The S&P 500 was down 0.22%, while the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.06%.
Standalone Medicare Part D Plans Face Heightened 2027 Churn Risk as Subsidy Ends
Centene stands out as the insurer most exposed to the risks from the Medicare Part D subsidy phaseout. Approximately 90% of its prescription drug plan members are enrolled in standalone plans. The CMS will terminate the temporary premium policy following 2026.
Insurer Pricing Gap Grows as Medicare Part D Subsidy Set to Expire After 2026
The Trump administration plans to discontinue temporary assistance for stand-alone prescription drug plans, or PDPs, following 2026. Insurers will assume increased pricing risk starting next year as a result.
Dow Jones Surges 537 Points as Earnings Spur Shift Toward Value Stocks
The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 537.24 points on Tuesday, ending the session at 52,747.32 as several defensive and industrial stocks rose on strong earnings.
Dow Jones Today: 370-Point Surge Largely Powered by Four Stocks
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the session up 369.74 points, reaching 52,209.00. This marked an increase of 0.71%. Regular trading had concluded, but after-hours trading was still ongoing.
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.
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