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The actions of Unitedhealth climb after the news of Berkshire’s participation

Main to remember

  • The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% on Friday August 15, 2025, because a report on consumer feeling revealed increasing concerns concerning pricing impacts, inflation and the job market.
  • United actions have jumped while regulatory documents have shown that Berkshire Hathaway from Warren Buffett has accumulated an important position in the health insurer.
  • The materials applied have provided a disappointing perspective for the current quarter, citing a macro uncertainty and the actions of the flea equipment manufacturer fell.

American actions have recorded weekly gains, the main clues ending on Friday with mixed results before the weekend, because the feelings of consumers of Michigan has shown a drop in confidence in the state of the economy for the first time in four months.

The S&P 500 decreased by 0.3% on Friday, breaking a sequence of three consecutive records of record closing. The NASDAQ lost 0.4%, while the DOW maintained a 0.1%gain. Read here the complete daily daily markets.

The Unitedhealth Group (UNH) shares have jumped after a regulatory deposit has shown that Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B), the company led by the legendary investor Warren Buffett, increased its participation in the health insurance giant. Unitedhealth and other insurers were pressed by the increase in medical costs and changes in government reimbursement rates, which contributed to United’s decision to withdraw annual directives in May. An increase of 12% made Unitedhealth the best daily interpreter of the S&P 500. Actions of other health insurers have also increased.

Sunrun (Run), the market share leader in the American residential solar sector, has beaten quarterly sales and profit forecasts. The supplier of panel installation solutions and storage of batteries has declared that it would rely on its experience of previous regulatory modifications to mitigate the impact of changes in suspense in tax credits on clean energy. Sunrun shares 33%. The shares of the S&P 500 Fist Solar (FSLR) and ENPHAS ENERGY (ENPH) constituents added 11% and 8.1% respectively.

Moderna (mRNA) increased by 5%, adding to gains published earlier in the week after Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, recognized the potential of the technology of mRNA vaccines that underpins Moderna products. Bhattacharya’s point of view has shown more flexibility on mRNA compared to the more difficult rhetoric of other health officials linked to the Trump administration, who decided to reduce the funding of the RNA -related research.

The actions of the semiconductor equipment manufacturer applied materials (Amat) dropped by 14%, singing most of the S&P 500 actions. Although applied materials have exceeded sales and profits for its fourth fiscal quarter, its directives for the current quarter have failed the forecasts, with a macroeconomic uncertainty. in China. Chip Equipment Makers Kla Corp actions. (Klac) and Lam Research (LRCX) fell 8.4% and 7.3% respectively.

The actions of Paramount Skydance (PSKY) lost 4.6%, restoring some of the disproportionate gains displayed earlier in the week while the actions have made comparisons with “memes” actions that have generated trade in recent times. The stock experienced major volatility after the completion of the merger between Skydance Media and Paramount Global.

HSBC has degraded Cisco Systems (CSCO) actions to “hold” “buy” and lowered its course goal. Analysts highlighted the modest expectations of Cisco income growth and the possibility of reducing the momentum as the advantages of the replenishment cycle that stimulated the computer networking specialist. Cisco Stock slipped 4.5% on Friday.

remon Buul

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