WSJ Minute Briefing
WSJ Minute Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
Chip Makers Take Stock Indexes Into the Red
1 minutes Posted Aug 18, 2026 at 8:39 pm.
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Plus: Oil prices edged higher to roughly $91 a barrel. And UGI Corp. shares rose after the natural-gas and electricity distributor got a takeover offer from KKR. Pierre Bienaimé hosts.


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