Katherine Sullivan

All three major indexes dropped amid concerns about inflation and the private credit market.

The Dow led the decline with a loss of about 1.1 percent.

The Nasdaq was down 0.9 percent, and the S&P 500 dropped 0.4 percent.

An unexpected jump in wholesale inflation also weighed on investor sentiment.

Among individual companies, Goldman Sachs shares dropped 7.5% today.

The slide followed growing worries regarding problems in the private credit market.

Warner Bros.

Discovery shares fell 2%.

The drop came after Paramount Skydance won a bidding war for the entertainment company.

Paramount Skydance shares were up nearly 21%.

Dell shares surged 22% after reporting a massive leap in quarterly sales.

The technology company benefited from high demand for its artificial intelligence server business.

Duolingo shares tumbled 15 percent following a weak outlook for the year.

The company expects a slowdown in bookings and lower overall profitability.

And Corweave shares skidded 18.5 percent after providing disappointing guidance to investors.

Here's your Closing Bell Brief for Wednesday, February 25th.

I'm Katherine Sullivan for The Wall Street Journal.

U.S.

stocks rose today as investors looked ahead to major earnings reports.

Technology and software sectors led the rebound from Monday's market sell-off.