U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 150 points on Thursday.
Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.39% to 41,888.10 while the NASDAQ fell 0.83% to 18,987.25. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.44% to 5,866.61.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Utilities shares jumped by 1.2% on Thursday.
In trading on Wednesday, health care stocks fell by 1.4%.
Top Headline
Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) reported better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter on Thursday.
The company posted first-quarter FY26 sales growth of 2.5% year-on-year (Y/Y) to $165.60 billion, marginally missing the analyst consensus estimate of $165.88 billion. The...