Much to the surprise of many on Wall Street, the S&P 500 has managed to erase all of its losses from earlier in the year, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average isn’t far behind.

Stocks closed mostly higher on Tuesday after the release of encouraging inflation data, adding to big gains posted the previous session following a de-escalation in the trade spat between the U.S. and China.

US-China trade truce euphoria is giving way to worry over economic slowdown in the wait for the latest US consumer inflation report

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UnitedHealth's stock was down a whopping $66.68, or 17.6%, in recent trading after the insurer suspended its 2025 guidance and its CEO stepped down. That price decline wiped a

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are rallied Monday after China and the United States announced a 90-day truce in their trade war. Each of the world’s two largest economies agreed to temporarily take down most of its tariffs against the other, which economists had warned could start a recession and create shortages on U.S. store shelves.

Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gauge on Tuesday extended a massive rally from the previous session, as sentiment was boosted by soft inflation data. The blue-chip Dow bucked the trend,

While both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite gained in early Tuesday trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was solidly in the negative — down by around 0.4%. The discrepancy in the indexes was due to one stock in particular: UnitedHealth Group.