US equities edge down; earnings in focus, UnitedHealth falls

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US equities edge down; earnings in focus, UnitedHealth falls

2024 10월 15, 오후 2:52 GMT

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Major U.S. indexes lower; Nasdaq off most, down ~0.8%

Energy weakest S&P sector; Real Estate leads gainers

Euro STOXX 600 index off ~0.5%

Dollar edges red; bitcoin slips; crude slides >5%; gold up

U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield dips to ~4.04%

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US EQUITIES EDGE DOWN; EARNINGS IN FOCUS, UNITEDHEALTH FALLS

Major U.S. stock indexes are lower in early trading on Tuesday, with shares of UnitedHealth UNH.N down about 8% after the insurer gave a 2025 forecast that disappointed.

Investors also digested earnings from some banks including Goldman Sachs GS.N, whose shares are down about 0.7%; Citigroup C.N, whose shares are down 2.3%; and Bank of America BAC.N, whose shares are up 1.4%.

Chip stocks .SOX are on the weakside. The SOX is losing around 3.5%. Nvidia NVDA.O is off more than 4%.

The latest quarterly earnings season unofficially kicked off for S&P 500 companies late last week. Analysts expect year-over-year S&P 500 earnings to have increased in the third quarter 4.9%, according to the latest LSEG data.

Shares of Boeing BA.N are up 0.6%. The planemaker filed to raise up to $25 billion through a stock and debt offering and entered into a $10 billion credit agreement amid a crippling strike and upcoming debt maturities.

Here is the early market snapshot:

(Caroline Valetkevitch)

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