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UnitedHealth Group is due to post earnings Thursday morning, with the health insurance giant’s stock seen making a big move after the report.

A series of big bank results kicked off the second quarter earnings season on Tuesday.

Earnings season is here and we’ve got the first batch of big name companies reporting earnings this week with Taiwan Semiconductor, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Unitedhealth Group all set to report.

The benchmark US equity measures were pointing lower before the opening bell Monday amid rising tens

After a rocky start to the year, health insurer stocks have roared back. The insurers are trying to end a difficult cycle that began about three years ago, when healthcare use, and the costs to cover it, accelerated postpandemic. The fund’s top 10 holdings encompass six health insurers, three of which— UnitedHealth Group Aetna parent CVS Health and Elevance Health —comprise more than 40% of the fund.

Big banks kick off earnings season this week, which will also bring reports from GE Aerospace, Netflix, and Taiwan Semi. In economic news, we’ll get the consumer and producer price indexes, and retail sales data.

Markets face one of the year's most important weeks as Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivers his inaugural semi-annual monetary policy testimony before Congress on July 14 and 15.

U. S. stock futures traded little changed on Friday as investors paused after Thursday’s technology-led rally, shifting their attention toward next week’s corporate earnings reports and key inflation releases.

Before the stock surged, management laid out a turnaround plan for its Aetna unit that was so explicit, they practically put a price tag on it.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index fell Monday, while tech futures rallied. Micron stock and Sandisk rebounded in premarket trading.

Guardant Health (GH) investors have a new number to think about this week. Bernstein SocGen Group raised its price target on the cancer-screening company's stock to $200 a share, up from $175. Bernstein also kept its Outperform rating intact. The new price target came less than a day after a ...

The Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) has turned into one of the best large-cap stories of 2026, trading near $218 with a 16% year-to-date gain and a 27% advance over the past year. That run rests on a narrow set of legs: a healthcare snapback led by UnitedHealth, a financial-sector grind led by JPMorgan, and energy ... VTV’s Next 12 Months Hinge on One Fed Inflation Signal: Here’s What to Watch

Express Scripts, Caremark and Optum Rx sued the FTC after the agency accused them of driving up the cost of insulin. But the countersuit is being put to bed now that the PBMs are settling with regulators.

UnitedHealth Group (UNH) is likely to report second-quarter earnings above Wall Street's consensus,

Carelon is becoming a major growth driver for ELV, boosting revenues, care efficiency and long-term earnings potential despite near-term investment pressure.

The S&P 500 index was up about 0.3%, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.4%.

UnitedHealth Group Research is set to announce its second-quarter earnings next month, and Wall Street expects the company’s EPS to grow by double digits.

Alphabet's inclusion in the Dow gives the 130-year-old blue-chip index a dose of the same mega-cap tech trade already dominating the Nasdaq 100.

US futures were pointing higher at the start of the week as investors return from the Juneteenth holiday weekend, with technology stocks expected to lead gains despite lingering uncertainty over the Middle East and the prospect of further Federal Reserve tightening. Dow Jones futures were up...

Federal investigators raised concerns about how Medicare Advantage plans handle requests for post-hospital recovery care, finding that many denials were later overturned on appeal. Two reports from the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services...

As of one year ago, UnitedHealth Group (UNH) was experiencing a severe and volatile downward correction, trading at approximately $300 to $312 per share. Down from its all-time closing high of $603.20 in November, 2024. The CEO, Andrew Witty, had suddenly stepped down, the company pulled its ...

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose Friday ahead of the May jobs report. Lululemon stock plunged on earnings.

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM26) are down -0.31%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM26) are down -0.88% this morning as investors continue to pull back from the AI trade, while cautiously awaiting the key U.S. jobs report.

Dow Jones futures fell slightly after hours, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. The May jobs report is on tap before Friday's open. The stock market saw the Dow Jones jump to a record high, aided by lower oil prices and Treasury yields.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose Thursday while other indexes lagged behind thanks in part to gains in bank and healthcare stocks. “This is a non-chip rally,” said Jay Hatfield, chief executive officer and portfolio manager at Infrastructure Capital Advisors.

UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and other S&P 500 health insurance giant rallied on Thursday morning after price-target hikes from Morgan Stanley and a UNH upgrade from BofA. The analysts highlighted moderating health care utilization trends and a tailwind to profitability from deploying AI.

US stocks were expected to head in different directions on Thursday morning, as oil prices retreat but tech earnings overnight disappointed investors. Dow Jones futures were called 0.8% higher, but the S&P 500 was off 0.4% and Nasdaq futures were down 1.3%. The latter pair were...

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading mixed after the AI/Datacenter/Storage/Technology rally took a day off on Wednesday. By the close, all of the major indices finished the day down in a big way. The same issues that have added pressure to stocks once again showed up at the party, as rising interest rates and oil ... Here Are Thursday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Broadcom, CMS Energy, Commercial Metals, FedEx Freight, Medtronic, Murphy Oil, Sherwin-Williams, TeraWulf, and M

U.S. stock futures were mostly lower, led by losses in the Nasdaq-100, after Broadcom’s disappointing guidance.

June 4 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures fell on Thursday, as Broadcom's revenue miss pressured chip stocks, while equity investors took a breather after a strong rally to record highs.