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S&P 500 falls as oil prices pressure stocks; Dow drops more than 450 points to end 5-day win streak

Cnbc · · 4861 words · By Sean Conlon; Joseph Wilkins; Justina Lee; Tanaya Macheel
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What to know about S&P 500 falls as oil prices pressure stocks; Dow drops more than 450 points to end 5-day win streak

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Aug.

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What happened

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Aug.

Why it matters

Santiago | Getty Images The S&P 500 fell on Thursday as traders kept an eye on the Middle East, with a deal to reopen the key Strait of Hormuz in the works, and weighed a slew of corporate earnings releases.

Common ground

The memory name posted fiscal fourth-quarter results that failed to impress investors.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/05/stock-market-today-live-updates.html

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Claim 1: “The company [LegalZoom] pulled its 2026 revenue growth estimate down to 6% from 8%”
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Claim 2: “Unit labor costs rose 1.3%”
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Claim 3: “the Nasdaq Composite shed 0.06% to conclude the session at 26,348.35”
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The Nasdaq Data Link via the AMD stock search result explicitly lists the Nasdaq Composite Index at 26,348.35.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the Nasdaq Composite, a United States stock market index. Since first opening at 100.00 on February 5, 1971, the Nasdaq Composite has increased, …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nasdaq-100 is a stock market index made up of equity securities issued by approximately 100 (currently 101) of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The Nasdaq-1…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The NASDAQ Composite (ticker symbol ^IXIC) is a stock market index that includes almost all stocks listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500, it is o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq_Composite
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Claim 4: “Over the past 12 months, Sandisk has soared almost 3,000%, while Western Digital has surged more than 500%”
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web search NEUTRAL — Following the share sale, Western Digital's stake in Sandisk will be reduced to about 1.7 million shares, which is worth nearly $1 billion, according to Reuters calculations. Western Digital intends t…
https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2026-02-18/…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sandisk and Western Digital slide as earnings fail to satisfy Wall Street. Revenue forecasts topped analyst estimates at both data storage firms, but investors were left wanting more, pulling chipmake…
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest Sandisk Corporation (SNDK) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SNDK/
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Claim 5: “AVK said Thursday it has secured an initial investment of over $1 billion from Partners Group”
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Claim 6: “Datadog plummeted 16%”
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Claim 7: “Spot gold gained 0.6% to $4,271.33 an ounce”
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Claim 8: “productivity increased 1.4% for the April-through-June period”
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Claim 9: “the Food and Drug Administration approved Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine, mFlusiva, for adults 50 years and older”
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Claim 10: “JPMorgan raised its price target on SharkNinja to $207 from $170 Thursday”
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Claim 11: “Hadrian raised nearly $1.4 billion in a round led by Baillie Gifford, J.P. Morgan Strategic Investment Group, and a number of others”
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Claim 12: “The S&P 500 declined 0.18% to end at 7,709.96”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the S&P 500 Index, a United States stock market index.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_S&P_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 companies with large market capitalizations, including two share classes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States that are considered to have large market ca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500
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Claim 13: “AppLovin tumbled nearly 20% on mixed quarterly results”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Adam Foroughi is an Iranian-born American billionaire businessman and the chief executive officer (CEO) of AppLovin, a mobile technology company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Foroughi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrew Karam (born 1981/1982) is an American businessman and billionaire who cofounded mobile game developer AppLovin.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AppLovin Corporation is an American mobile technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2012, the company helps developers market, monetize, analyze and publish their apps thr…
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Claim 14: “international Brent futures gained 3.8% to end at $82.48 per barrel”
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Claim 15: “West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose about 2.8% to settle at $77.29 a barrel”
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The search results provide general links to oil price charts but do not provide the specific closing price or percentage change for August 6, 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — Oilprice.com offers real-time oil prices for over 150 global crude blends and indexes, with live charts, comparisons, and smart analytical tools used worldwide.
https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/45
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore real-time Crude Oil futures price data and key metrics crucial for understanding and navigating the Crude Oil Futures market.
https://www.investing.com/commodities/crude-oil
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web search NEUTRAL — Unit conversion for Oil (WTI) Price Today Energy Price of oil (Brent Crude and WTI) The price of oil is the most important value on the international commodity markets.
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Claim 16: “JPMorgan to downgrade the stock [LegalZoom] to neutral from overweight”
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Claim 17: “Initial jobless claims totaled a seasonally adjusted 199,000 for the week ended Aug. 1”
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Claim 18: “UWM Holdings announced a net loss of $452 million for the latest quarter”
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Claim 19: “Energy led the charge among the two gainers, rising more than 1%. Information technology was the other group in positive territory, and that sector was up 0.3%”
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Claim 20: “Zillow's shares slid more than 12% in late morning trading after Evercore ISI downgraded the real estate platform”
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Claim 21: “Evercore ISI dialed down its rating from outperform to "in line" and lowered its price target to $40 from $80”
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Claim 22: “Castlelake has ended its takeover pursuit of U.K. low-cost airline EasyJet”
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Claim 23: “EasyJet in early July agreed in principle to a Castlelake offer valuing the group at $7.3 billion, but this was trumped just days later by an Apollo offer valuing the airline at around $7.7 billion”
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Claim 24: “Western Digital shed 13%”
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web search NEUTRAL — Tenet T7 2026, двигатель бензиновый 1.6 л, 150 л. с., полный привод, роботизированная коробка передач — покупка машины. Комментарии 71.
https://www.drive2.ru/l/734800323381561545/
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web search NEUTRAL — Сегодня 13 июня Программа «Минтранс» от 13.06.2026 — это захватывающий рассказ обо всем, что ездит, плавает и летает: от полезных лайфхаков до информации, которая поможет сохранить жизнь.
https://top-tvdoc.ru/mintrans-13-06-2026/
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web search NEUTRAL — On August 6th, 2026, at 14:23 EST, Trump signed Executive Order 2026-1947, which declassified Med Bed Protocols, allowing them to be released for use of the general public. Distribution to civilian ce…
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Claim 25: “ExxonMobil and Chevron were two of the biggest contributors, with the former gaining almost 2% and the latter adding more than 1%”
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Claim 26: “IonQ's full-year revenue guidance of $280 million to $290 million also exceeded a FactSet consensus of $268.6 million”
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Claim 27: “Restaurant Brands International, owner of Burger King, beat expectations on Thursday, delivering earnings-per-share of $1.07 versus $1.03 expected and revenue of $2.52, in line with expectations”
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Claim 28: “Shares of spirits maker Diageo were rising 6% in premarket trading Thursday after the company announced a three-year savings plan that will total $1.2 billion”
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Claim 29: “The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 464.02 points, or 0.85%, to settle at 53,885.10”
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Yahoo Finance evidence explicitly lists the 'Previous Close' for the Dow Jones Industrial Average as 53,885.10.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a United States stock market index. Since first closing at 62.76 on February 16, 1885, the Dow Jones Industrial…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the olde…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Dow Jones Industrial Average, an American stock index composed of 30 large companies, has changed its components 60 times since its inception, on May 26, 1896. As this is a historical listing, th…
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Claim 30: “Hadrian said on Thursday that it has closed its latest round of funding at a $7.9 billion valuation”
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Claim 31: “UWM Holdings dropped around 40% in late afternoon trading Thursday after the largest mortgage lender in the U.S. suspended its dividend and raised fresh capital”
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Claim 32: “Honeywell Aerospace shares tanked 20% after Honeywell Aerospace slashed its outlook for 2026”
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Claim 33: “Sandisk shares dropped more than 6%”
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Wikipedia evidence confirms that SanDisk was acquired by Western Digital in 2016. As a subsidiary, it does not have its own independent shares to 'drop' on a stock exchange in 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sandisk Corporation (formerly SunDisk Corporation and SanDisk Corporation) is an American multinational computer semiconductor company based in Milpitas, California. Founded in 1988, it designs and ma…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sanjay Mehrotra is an Indian-American business executive and the CEO of Micron Technology. He was a co-founder of SanDisk, and its president and CEO from 2011 until its acquisition by Western Digital …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SanDisk has produced a number of flash memory-based portable media players from 2005. SanDisk players were marketed under the Sansa name until 2014, then SanDisk Clip.
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Claim 34: “Shares fell more than 14% for Peloton on Thursday morning”
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