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Signs of Trade-Talk Progress Lifted the S&P 500 to a New Record (WSJ. 20250724)
Signs of trade talk progress lifted the S&P to another record with the index ticking up more than four points. The Nasdaq rose about 38 points, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 316 points to close at 44,694. Negotiators from the U.S. and the European Union are converging on a possible trade deal. And European officials expect a 15% tariff on most exports to the U.S. That's similar to the deal the White House struck with Japan earlier this week. But some component stocks dragged on the Dow, including UnitedHealth Group, whose shares fell about 4.8% after the company said it is complying with requests from criminal and civil investigators at the Justice Department. The disclosure follows a series of articles from the WSJ detailing probes into the conglomerate's Medicare billing practices. A UnitedHealth spokesman previously disputed the reports. Among other individual companies trading today, shares of Tesla slid 8.2% after Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker reported a 16% drop in quarterly net income. And said car sales continued to fall. In its latest earnings, Google and YouTube parent company, Alphabet, reported a jump in revenue from cloud growth and raised its annual capital expenditure forecast. Shares rose 1%. And Chipotle Mexican Grill reported its steepest quarterly drop in same-store sales since the pandemic, and reduced its sales outlook for the year. Shares fell 13.3%.
무역 협상이 진전을 이루면서 S&P 지수가 사상 최고치를 기록함. 미국과 EU가 무역 협상 타결에 가까워지고 있음. 일본과 마찬가지로 EU의 대미 수출 관세가 15%로 합의될 전망임. 한편 UnitedHealth Group 주가 하락으로 Dow 지수도 하향세임. 미 법무부가 UnitedHealth Group에 대해 형사 및 민사상 조사할 것이고, 이에 대해 협조하겠다고 발표한 가운데 주가는 4.8% 하락함. 보도했다시피 UnitedHealth Group의 Medicare 청구 관행에 대한 조사임. UnitedHealth는 보도 내용을 부인했음. 한편, Tesla는 지난 분기 순익이 16% 하락하면서 주가는 8.2% 하락함. Tesla 판매가 계속 하락 추세임. 한편 Google 및 YouTube의 모회사 Alphabet이 클라우드 성장으로 매출이 늘었다며 연간 자본 지출 전망을 상향 조정했으며 주가도 1% 상승함. 한편, Chipotle Mexican Grill의 동일매장 매출이 코로나 이후 가장 급격하게 하락했고, 연간 전망을 하향 조정했고, 주가는 13.3% 하락함
