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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Financial Assets

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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