Dow Futures Hover Ahead of Powell's Jackson Hole Speech
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The stock market is heading into a catalyst-filled week as Fed Chair Jerome Powell gets ready to speak at Jackson Hole and big retailers report earnings.
The BSE Sensex was trading at 81,529.74, down 470.97 points or 0.57 per cent. Nifty stood at 24,935.95, down 147.80 points or 0.59 per cent.
When Nvidia, the chip producer, reports earnings next week, investors expect the S&P 500 to have a bigger reaction than when the Fed chair delivers a big speech on Friday.
Walmart earnings are in early focus before the highly anticipated start of the Federal Reserve's gathering at Jackson Hole.
India's equity benchmarks are set to open little changed on Thursday, following a five-session rally driven by tax-cut hopes, as investors await the Federal Reserve's annual symposium for rate trajectory cues.
Stocks often rise the week of the Fed’s big Jackson Hole gathering. Don’t count on it this year.
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