US Equity Markets End Lower Amid Soft Economic Data

04:11 PM EDT, 08/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes ended lower on Monday as investors parsed soft economic data.

* Single-family home sales declined by 0.6% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 652,000 units, according to data from the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, missing Bloomberg's forecast of a 0.5% increase from June's unchanged figure.

* The Dallas Federal Reserve's monthly manufacturing index dropped to minus 1.8 in August from 0.9 in July, falling more than expected as economists surveyed by Bloomberg forecast a decline to minus 1.7.

* October West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose $1.03 to settle at $64.69 per barrel, while October Brent crude, the global benchmark, was last seen up $0.96 to $68.69.

* Nvidia (NVDA) is expected to post higher Q2 results, driven by demand for its data center chips and Blackwell generative AI platform, Tigress Financial Intelligence said. The stock rose 1%.

* Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) shares fell 11%, the biggest drop on the S&P 500, after the company agreed to acquire JDE Peet's for 15.7 billion euros ($18.4 billion) in cash with plans to split into two separate entities following the deal's completion.

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