Stock Market Update
24-Aug-26 12:35 ET
Health care sector improving from earlier weakness
Dow +153.95
at 53430.96,
Nasdaq -96.36
at 26105.13,
S&P -10.23
at 7664.14
[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (-0.1%) and DJIA (-0.3%) are at their best levels of the session as the PHLX Semiconductor Index (-2.4%) reclaims some of today's losses, while the DJIA (+0.3%) maintains its modest gain.
UnitedHealth (UNH 398.47, +8.36, +2.14%) is one of the top-performing Dow components, helping the health care sector (-0.1%) recover from a sharp opening loss. Much of the early weakness was attributed to another steep loss in Moderna (MRNA 137.95, -7.18, -4.95%) after last week's triple-digit surge, though the stock has recovered almost half of its earlier loss today.
