April 19, 2025
Financial Assets

Dow slides as UnitedHealth plunges, Nasdaq, S&P 500 sputter to end down week

America’s largest homebuilder, D.R. Horton (DHI), warned on Thursday that its key spring selling season has gotten off to a sluggish start as elevated mortgage rates and growing economic uncertainty continue to erode consumer confidence. “This year’s spring selling season started slower than expected,” D.R. Horton CEO Paul Romanowski told analysts and investors on the

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise on renewed hopes for progress in trade talks

US stock futures edged higher Thursday after a rough session the day before, lifted by signs of progress in US-Japan trade talks that fueled hopes for tariff relief. The rebound follows a sharp sell-off driven by concerns over the economic fallout of President Trump’s trade policies. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F)

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise against tariff concerns

US stock futures traded upwards after a bruising day on Wall Street that underscored fears over the economic impact of President Trump’s tariffs. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) rose 0.8%. The benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) gained 0.9%. Futures for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (NQ=F) ticked up 1.1%. CBOT – Delayed Quote

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise despite tariff concerns

US stock futures traded flat on the heels of a bruising day on Wall Street that underscored fears over the economic impact of President Trump’s tariffs. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) rose 0.4%. The benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) gained 0.5%. Futures for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (NQ=F) ticked up 0.6%. CBOT

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise with tariff concerns back in focus

US stock futures traded flat on the heels of a bruising day on Wall Street that underscored fears over the economic impact of President Trump’s tariffs. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) rose 0.4%. The benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) gained 0.5%. Futures for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (NQ=F) ticked up 0.6%. CBOT

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures waver with tariff concerns back in focus

US stock futures traded flat on the heels of a bruising day on Wall Street that underscored fears over the economic impact of President Trump’s tariffs. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) and the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) held steady. Futures attached to the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (NQ=F) ticked up 0.1%. CBOT

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq smoked as Powell warns of ‘challenging’ tariff impact, Nvidia plunges 7%

Wall Street economists are tweaking their GDP growth estimates as new data trickles in, with Trump’s tariff whipsaw still firmly in the background. The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow tool, which uses already released data to forecast the quarterly pace of economic growth, now projects that GDP fell by 2.2% in the first three months of the

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq smoked as Powell warns of ‘challenging’ tariff impact, Nvidia plunges

Wall Street economists are tweaking their GDP growth estimates as new data trickles in, with Trump’s tariff whipsaw still firmly in the background. The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow tool, which uses already released data to forecast the quarterly pace of economic growth, now projects that GDP fell by 2.2% in the first three months of the

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Stocks slide as Nvidia gets dragged into US trade war

U.S. stocks moved firmly lower in early Wednesday trading, with the dollar slumping to a fresh three-year trough amid the latest trade war salvo in the tech sector and further flight-to-safety trades that suggest more market uncertainty over the coming weeks. Updated at 11:48 AM EDT A stronger-than-expected reading for March retail sales hasn’t had

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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures fall as Nvidia stock weighs on tech

US stock futures fell on Wednesday after Nvidia (NVDA) revealed costly new curbs on chip exports to China, and investors grappled with uncertainty over President Trump’s trade policy. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) slipped 0.01%. Futures attached to the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) fell 0.5%. Futures attached to the tech-heavy Nasdaq

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