Dow Dips Over 1%; Walmart Shares Plunge Following Soft Guidance

U.S. stocks traded lower toward the end of trading, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 1% on Thursday.

The Dow traded down 1.11% to 44,132.13 while the NASDAQ fell 0.54% to 19,947.18. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.49% to 6,114.11.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares jumped by 0.8% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, financials shares fell by 1.6%.

Top Headline

Walmart Inc WMT shares fell more than 5% on Thursday following the release of quarterly results.

The company reported fourth-quarter FY25 sales growth of 4.1% year-on-year to $180.55 billion, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $180.01 billion. The retailer reported that in the fourth quarter of 2025, adjusted EPS was 66 cents, beating the consensus estimate of 64 cents.

Walmart said it sees first-quarter FY26 sales growth of 3% – 4% in CC and adjusted EPS of $0.57 – $0.58 against an estimate of $0.64. For FY26 Walmart expects sales to grow 3% – 4% in CC and an adjusted EPS of $2.50 – $2.60, below the $2.76 estimate.

Equities Trading UP

Mobile-health Network Solutions MNDR shares shot up 129% to $0.7558.
Shares of Xos, Inc. XOSgot a boost, surging 95% to $6.21.
Volato Group, Inc. SOAR shares were also up, gaining 84% to $0.2457. Volato Group disclosed that Vaunt, its fast-growing private aviation platform, has reached a major milestone, reporting $1.5 million in annual recurring revenue within its first year, a 50% surge since mid-2024.

Equities Trading DOWN

WORK Medical Technology Group LTD WOK shares dropped 51% to $1.1994.
Shares of Cycurion, Inc. CYCU were down 46% to $1.60.
Materialise NV MTLS was down, falling 35% to $5.97 after the company missed its fourth-quarter sales estimate and stated they have expectations for a difficult macroeconomic environment in 2025.

Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 0.4% to $72.53 while gold traded up 0.6% at $2,954.40.

Silver traded up 1.2% to $33.425 on Thursday, while copper rose 1% to $4.6080.

Euro zone

European shares closed mixed today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 0.20%, Germany's DAX 40 fell 0.53% and France's CAC 40 gained 0.15%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.3%, while London's FTSE 100 fell 0.57%.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed lower on Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 1.24%, China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.02%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index falling 1.60% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.27%.

Economics

The EIA said crude oil inventories in the U.S. climbed by 4.633 million barrels in the week ended Feb. 14, compared to market estimates of a 3 million gain.
Initial jobless claims increased by 5,000 from the prior week to 219,000 in the week ending Feb. 15, versus estimates of 215,000.
The Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index fell to 18.1 in February from 44.3 in the previous month.

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