What Happened in the Stock Market Today

Major benchmarks declined on Thursday as investors reacted to a number of disappointing quarterly earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) both lost around half a percent.

Data source: Yahoo! Finance.

As for individual stocks, Ford (NYSE: F) and PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) both fared even worse than the broader market after posting second-quarter results.

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