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WSJ Minute Briefing

Stocks Rise After U.S.-China Trade Meeting Is Set

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: New sanctions on Russian oil companies send energy prices higher. And Blackstone reports lighter-than-expected revenue. 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 Thursday, October 23rd. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal.

0:40.5

U.S. stocks rose today after the White House announced an upcoming meeting between President

0:45.2

Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The S&P 500 gained 0.6%, the NASDAQ climbed 0.9%, and the Dow added 0.3%.

0:55.2

Hopes for de-escalating trade tensions fueled the gains.

0:59.7

In other markets, gold prices rebounded 2%, and energy prices surged following new sanctions on Russia's largest oil companies.

1:07.8

Brent crude futures jumped 5.4% and shares in energy firms like ExxonMobil,

1:13.4

BP, and Shell advanced. Among other individual companies, American Airlines shares jumped nearly

1:19.3

6 percent after the carrier raised its profit target for the year. Supermicro computer stock

1:25.3

dropped 9 percent when the server provider cut its revenue outlook after customers delayed orders.

1:31.3

Molina Healthcare shares tumbled 17% after the managed care company cut its financial forecasts.

1:38.3

And Blackstone shares slipped 4% after quarterly revenue fell and came in lighter than expected.

1:49.0

Heads up, an artificial intelligence tool helped us make this episode by creating summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor.

1:53.8

We'll have a lot more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast.

1:58.5

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2:04.6

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