The US markets ended mostly in red on Thursday. The steep drop by the Dow Jones Industrial Average on the day largely reflected a nosedive by shares of UnitedHealth, with the healthcare giant plummeting by 22.4 percent. UnitedHealth tumbled to its lowest closing level in a year after the company reported weaker than expected first quarter earnings and cut its full-year profit forecast. The lack of direction shown by the markets came amid lingering uncertainty about President Donald Trump's tariffs despite his upbeat comments about trade talks. Trump said that big progress had been made in a meeting with the Japanese trade delegation.
On the economic data front, first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly saw a modest decrease in the week ended April 12th, according to a report released by the Labor Department. The report said initial jobless claims slipped to 215,000, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week's revised level of 224,000. Street had expected initial jobless claims to inch up to 225,000 from the 223,000 originally reported for the previous week. Besides, markets were closed on Friday on account of ‘Good Friday’ holiday.
Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 527.16 points or 1.33 percent to 39,142.23 and Nasdaq fell 20.71 points or 0.13 percent to 16,286.45, while S&P 500 gained 7 points or 0.13 percent to 5,282.7.
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