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UnitedHealth Group stock had one of its worst days ever on Thursday after the healthcare giant unexpectedly cut its profit forecast for the year.

The S&P 500 ticked 0.1% higher on Thursday, April 17, wrapping up a shortened week that focused on earnings and the Federal Reserve chair's comments on likely tariff impacts.

Netflix reported first-quarter earnings that topped analysts’ expectations, sending shares higher in extended trading Thursday.

Streaming video giant Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales up 12.5% year on year to $10.54 billion. The company expects next quarter’s revenue to be around $11.04 billion, slightly above analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $6.61 per share was 16.8% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

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US stocks were mixed Thursday as President Donald Trump touted trade deal progress with Europe and China and investors digested a threat from the president to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

The media company majority owned by President Donald Trump, Trump Media & Technology Group, said on Thursday it had asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate a recent short position in its stocks. Hedge fund Qube Research & Technologies disclosed a roughly $105 million short position in Trump Media on Monday, according to a filing with Germany's federal Gazette Bundesanzeiger. Trump Media, which is 53% owned by Trump and is the parent company of the Truth Social platform, said in a memo sent to the SEC on Thursday it was concerned Qube's short positions could involve "suspicious activity."

An earnings miss by UnitedHealth Group dragged down the Dow.

U.S.-listed shares of Novo Nordisk plunged 7% in intraday trading Thursday after rival Eli Lilly reported positive oral weight-loss drug news and BMO cut its rating for the Danish drug developer's stock.

The major U.S. equities indexes were mixed at midday Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down close to 400 points as UnitedHealth Group shares plunged.