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WSJ Minute Briefing

Renewed Trade Tensions Push Stocks Down

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Netflix shares decline after lower than expected earnings. And Hermès sales fall short of expectations. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your closing bell brief for Wednesday, October 22nd. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal.

0:39.8

U.S. stocks closed lower today, pressured by renewed trade tensions with China.

0:44.9

Technology shares led the declines after a report suggested possible curbs on U.S. software sales.

0:51.0

The NASDAQ was down 0.9%, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.5%, and the Dow was down

0:57.3

0.7%. Elsewhere, gold prices continued to fall after suffering their biggest one-day drop in

1:03.6

more than a decade yesterday. Among individual companies, Netflix shares sank about 10% after the streaming

1:10.3

company reported earnings below expectations,

1:13.6

citing an expense related to a Brazilian tax dispute. Intuitive surgical shares surged 14%

1:20.4

after the surgical robot maker posted strong earnings. Capital One climbed one and a half percent

1:26.3

after reporting a jump in revenue and profit

1:28.8

driven by lower delinquencies. Draft Kings gained more than 3 percent after the sportsbook

1:34.3

operator announced it had bought a federally licensed exchange for a new prediction market strategy.

1:40.5

And shares of Hermes International fell 2 percent in Paris after its reported sales growth fell short

1:46.2

of some analysts' expectations. Heads up, an artificial intelligence tool helped us make this episode

1:52.0

by creating summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor.

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