S&P 500 Hits New Record While Health-Insurance Stocks Slide
WSJ Minute Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
4.1 • 671 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:33.3 | Here's your closing bell brief for Tuesday, January 27th. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:40.9 | U.S. stocks finish the day with mixed results for the major indices. The S&P 500 added 0.4% to reach a new record high. |
| 0:48.8 | The NASDAQ climbed 0.9% as chip stocks found momentum today. The Dow, however, dropped 0.8% weighed down by |
| 0:57.2 | heavy losses in health care stocks. Lower federal payment rates for Medicare Advantage plans |
| 1:02.2 | pressured the insurance sector. Among individual companies, United Health Group shares skidded |
| 1:08.0 | nearly 20% today. The company issued soft revenue guidance for |
| 1:12.1 | 26, and Humana shares tumbled 21% following the government news on Medicare rates. |
| 1:19.2 | General Motors shares jumped nearly 9% after beating quarterly expectations. The automaker |
| 1:24.7 | reported a loss that was smaller than analysts had anticipated. Micron Technology |
| 1:29.8 | shares rose 5% as the company announced a massive investment in Singapore. The chipmaker plans to |
| 1:36.0 | spend $24 billion to meet memory demand. Pinterest shares slid nearly 10% following a major |
| 1:43.4 | workforce reduction announcement. The social |
| 1:45.9 | media platform is cutting 15% of its staff as it pivots toward artificial intelligence. |
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