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IBM stock suffered its worst day ever on Tuesday after the company’s preliminary second-quarter earnings missed analysts’ targets. In a letter to shareholders, CEO Arvind Krishna explained the shortfall was largely driven by the company’s infrastructure business. “What played out was worse than our expectations,” Krishna wrote.

A hectic day in markets lifted stocks Tuesday, thanks to booming bank profits and an unexpectedly upbeat inflation report. All major U.S. indexes ended the day in the green, despite a historic fall from grace for one member of the Dow industrials. The Dow industrials edged less than 0.1% higher, weighed down by tumbling shares of International Business Machines.

U.S. stocks rose as blockbuster bank earnings and a cooler-than-expected inflation report boosted sentiment, while a profit warning from IBM weighed on the Dow Industrials and dragged software stocks lower.

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On July 14, 2026, cooling consumer prices sparked a broad tech rebound.

US benchmark equity indexes were mostly higher intraday as traders assessed the latest inflation dat

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On July 14, 2026, IBM’s profit warning dragged on the Dow even as easing inflation and resilient bank stocks steadied broader U.S. markets.

The dollar slid Tuesday after a drop in US inflation dented expectations of an interest rate hike later this month.Earlier Tuesday, the market saw a roughly 40 percent probability of a US interest rate hike this month, but that fell to 13 percent after the CPI data was published.

Yahoo Finance's Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre and Senior Business Reporter Brooke DiPalma join Julie Hyman on Market Catalysts to break down the June Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, what it means for the Federal Reserve's rate-cut outlook, and how Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's testimony could shape expectations for monetary policy.

Fresh economic data showing consumer prices fell in June sent stocks mostly higher at Tuesday's opening bell. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was up 0.4%, while the S&P 500 gained 0.2%. The Dow was up 0.2%, or 83 points.

The Dow is caught in a tug-of-war between strong bank earnings and IBM's historic drop. The Dow's top performer was Goldman Sachs, which popped 5.5% after reporting record results. Goldman is the heaviest weighted component in the Dow.

June CPI came in at 3.5% annually, below the 3.8% economists expected, but rising oil prices and an IBM warning capped gains

Bond yields dropped sharply and Nasdaq futures climbed after a cooler-than-expected inflation report this morning. Futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 index rose, while those tied to the Dow industrials edged lower.

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Industrial distributor Fastenal reported second-quarter earnings per share of 33 cents, in line with Wall Street estimates.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index dropped Tuesday ahead of the June CPI inflation report. IBM stock plunged 23% on earnings.

Dow Jones banks JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs detailed Q2 results on Tuesday. JPM stock slides away from a buy zone.

Wall Street looked set for a mixed open as investors digested a 23% plunge in IBM shares, another jump in oil prices and the start of the second-quarter earnings season. Dow Jones futures were down 281 points, or 0.5%, while S&P 500 futures were 0.1% lower. Nasdaq futures were pointing...

US equity futures were mixed pre-bell Tuesday as traders monitored the unabated rise of tensions in

By Ragini Mathur and Avinash P July 14 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Dow futures fell on Tuesday in choppy trading as investors sifted through earnings reports from Wall Street's biggest banks, while IBM

Stock futures pointed in different directions Tuesday as rising energy prices, bank earnings, and key inflation data competed for investor attention

US equity futures were mixed before the open Tuesday as traders await a key inflation report and qua

Wall Street futures were mixed pre-bell Tuesday as tech shares somewhat recovered from Monday's rout

Market pulses were elevated on Tuesday as Wall Street contended with surging oil prices amid renewed fighting in the Middle East and braced for key economic indicators from the Consumer Price Index and the Fed, and earnings from America's big banks. The Cboe Volatility Index, or Vix, rose 1% to 17.32. The widely watched gauge takes the temperature of Wall Street and any reading above 20 tends to indicate increased market volatility.

An expected decline in headline inflation for June doesn't tell the full story.

Futures on the major gauges fell after a brief peace between Iran and the US disintegrated.