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Here's your closing bell brief for Tuesday, October 21st. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. stocks finished mixed today, though the Dow Jones Industrial average rose about a half a percent to end at a new record.

The NASDAQ was down 0.2 percent, while the S&P 500 was flat.

A solid start to the third quarter earnings season helped buoy investor sentiment.

It was a rough day for precious metals, with gold prices posting their biggest one-day

drop since 2013, following 5%. Mining stocks like Newmont also tumbled. In the bond market,

the benchmark 10-year treasury yield slipped to its lowest level since October 2024.

Among other individual companies, General Motors shares searched 15% for their best day in more than five years after its adjusted operating income of $3.4 billion beat estimates.

Warner Brothers Discovery shares jumped 11% after the media company said it was reviewing strategic alternatives after being approached about potential deals.

Shares of RTX climbed 8% after the defense company raised its annual forecast, citing high demand for munitions and missiles.

Philip Morris International stock sank 4% even though the company lifted its annual guidance as smokeless tobacco products drive

growth. Shares of floor rose 2% after the Wall Street Journal exclusively reported that an

activist investor has taken a nearly 5% stake in the engineering company. And after the bell,

Netflix stock fell over 5% despite the company reporting higher revenue

and profit for the third quarter.

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.

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