U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 150 points on Thursday.

Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.39% to 41,888.10 while the NASDAQ fell 0.83% to 18,987.25. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.44% to 5,866.61.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Utilities shares jumped by 1.2% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, health care stocks fell by 1.4%.

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Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) reported better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter on Thursday.

The company posted first-quarter FY26 sales growth of 2.5% year-on-year (Y/Y) to $165.60 billion, marginally missing the analyst consensus estimate of $165.88 billion. The retailer reported adjusted EPS of 61 cents, beating the consensus estimate of 58 cents.

For fiscal year 2026, Walmart reaffirmed an adjusted EPS outlook of $2.50 – $2.60, vs. the $2.61 estimate and sales guidance of $694.70 billion—$701.50 billion vs. the street view of $705.30 billion.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 2.3% to $61.73 while gold traded up 0.2% at $3,195.80.

Silver traded down 0.2% to $32.375 on Thursday, while copper fell 0.4% to $4.6300.

Euro zone

European shares were mostly higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 rose 0.2%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.4%. London's FTSE 100 gained 0.3%, Germany's DAX 40 rose 0.2% and France's CAC 40 slipped 0.1% during the session.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mostly lower on Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei falling 0.98%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index declining 0.79%, China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.68% and India's BSE Sensex gaining 1.48%.

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