Investors are bracing for a week of potentially huge market-moving events — the presidential election and the Federal Reserve policy decision.
The stock market couldn’t holding onto earlier gains Wednesday. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average had a 0.2% gain, the S&P 500 was nearly flat, and Nasdaq Composite was down 0.1%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 409.74 points, or 0.8%, to 42,863.86, eclipsing its Wednesday record close of 42,512. The blue-chip touched an intraday record high of 42,899.75.
All three major U.S. stock indexes were in the process of turning little changed to mostly lower in Wednesday's final hour of trading, with investors turning their attention to after-the-bell earnings ...
The Dow was up 134 points, or 0.4%, in recent trading. The S&P 500 was down 1%. The Nasdaq Composite was down 2.2%. Of the Dow’s 30 members, only 10 were trading lower in recent trading. And the ...