US Stock Market Today (Nov. 18, 2025): Wall Street Extends Sell‑Off as AI Bubble Fears and Home Depot Hit Stocks
The US stock market dropped again on Tuesday, extending a November pullback driven by worries about an AI bubble,” fading hopes for a December Fed rate cut, and a downbeat outlook from Home Depot that rattled confidence in the consumer. Reuters+1 Market snapshot: indexes slide for a fourth day By late morning to early afternoon Eastern time, all three major US indexes were in the red for a fourth straight session: Exchange‑traded funds that track the major indexes told a similar story. Early in the afternoon, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) was down about 0.4%, the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) roughly 0.7%,