UnitedHealth Stock Drags Down the Dow. The Nasdaq Is Rising.
The major indexes were stumbling Friday after picking up some late-day momentum on Thursday that helped reduce the day’s declines.
The Dow was down 360 points, or 0.8%, shortly after the market opened on Friday. The S&P 500 was down 0.3%. The Nasdaq Composite was down 0.1%.
The yield on the 2-year Treasury note was down to 4.28%. The 10-year yield was down to 4.5%.