STOCKS DIP: Here's what you need to know

Stocks closed lower for a second straight day for the first time in more than a month. Pharma stocks slipped after President Donald Trump tweeted he was working on a system that would create competitive pricing in the drug industry.

Here's the scoreboard:

• Dow: 20,921.35, -32.99, (-0.16%)
• S&P 500: 2,367.74, -7.57, (-0.32%)
• Nasdaq: 5,831.27, -17.91, (-0.31%)

1. There's pushback on the Obamacare replacement. The Republican Study Committee - a conservative caucus with 172 members - released a memo criticizing the American Health Care Act, specifically the tax credits proposed for people to buy healthcare if they do not receive it from their employer or a government program like Medicare or Medicaid.
2. Snap continues to slide. Shares of Snapchat's parent company dropped 11% to as low as $21 as short sellers prepared to borrow.
3. The US trade deficit jumped in January to a five-year high. The Commerce Department said the trade deficit in January rose 9.6% to $48.5 billion. This underscored the challenges facing President Donald Trump in fulfilling a campaign pledge to reduce deficits.
4. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is buying the flash-storage company Nimble Storage for $12.50 a share, or about $1 billion. HPE will also assume or pay out Nimble's unvested equity awards, which are worth about $200 million.
5. Gallup's measure of US economic confidence jumps to a record high. The US Economic Confidence Index jumped by seven points to +16 from February 27 to March 5, marking the highest weekly average in the index's nine-year trend.

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