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Stocks were mixed Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 300 points after Honeywell and International Business Machines slumped on quarterly earnings updates, and as UnitedHealth Group traded lower after saying it was “complying with formal criminal and civil requests” from the U.

Stock futures were mixed on Thursday as investors processed renewed political pressure on the Federal Reserve after the White House confirmed President Trump's upcoming visit to the central bank, alongside initial jobless claims data that came in higher than anticipated.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq traded near all-time highs at midday as a strong earnings report from Alphabet lifted big tech stocks.

Dow downgraded at Evercore ISI, saying the company's dividend cut "adds flexibility, but shifts focus to sustainability of the lackluster outlook and lack of visibility on recovery."

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The Dow Jones index rose after surprise economic data. Tesla stock rallied on new plans to launch its robotaxi service.