UnitedHealth pulls the heaviest weight in the Dow and so them slashing earnings outlook for the year while reporting an earnings miss in Q1 is weighing on the index. Dow futures have erased earlier gains to be down 0.8% now with UNH shares indicated down by over 16% in pre-market trading.
This is also weighing slightly on the broader market mood with S&P 500 futures seeing gains chipped away to 0.6%. Tech shares remain buoyed with Nasdaq futures up 1.0% at the moment. The drag on UnitedHealth is also weighing on other health insurers such as Elevance and CVS Health. The former is down by 8% while the latter is down nearly 9% respectively in pre-market trading.
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