US stocks mixed after 'reassuring' earnings reports

New York, Oct 21, 2025 (AFP)
Wall Street stocks were mixed early Tuesday following the prior session's rally as markets absorbed a heavy batch of mostly good earnings reports.
General Motors, Halliburton and defense giant RTX were among the companies with especially large gains after a stream of third-quarter results, as earnings season moved into a peak period.
About 15 minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.1 percent at 46,757.20.
The broad-based S&P 500 slipped 0.1 percent to 6,731.14, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index declined 0.3 percent to 22,933.67.
"The overarching point this morning is that the earnings news for the September quarter continues to be better than expected, and, most importantly, the guidance has been generally reassuring," said Briefing.com analyst Patrick O'Hare.
The upbeat nature of the results has been tempered somewhat by awareness of the market's already-heady gains this year.
"Investors are also getting a little concerned by stretched valuations," said CFRA Research's Sam Stovall.
Among individual companies, Warner Brothers Discovery shot up 8.8 percent as the company announced it was considering a sale of all or part of itself "in light of unsolicited interest the company has received from multiple parties."

Sumber : AFP