U.S. stocks drop Dow industrials down five straight days Weak earnings lead S&P 500 lowerThe Dow Jones Industrial Average turned higher Thursday after plunging nearly 400 points earlier in the session, a sign of the stock market’s resilience despite signs of weakening economic data, rising interest rates and lackluster corporate earnings reports. The blue-chip index has been rangebound, trading in a narrow span of about 700 points over the past two months. But it has struggled to gain traction since losing more than...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 03, 2018 02:37 UTC