Markets Take a Breather Ahead of Jackson Hole Address

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024 Market indexes started the trading session in the green this morning, but steadily ran out of steam as the day wore on. Once afternoon lows had been established in the Dow and S&P 500, they leveled off through the close, while the Nasdaq and the small-cap Russell 2000 dwindled further. We've gotten back roughly to levels where we began the week. The Dow fell -177 points, -0.43% on the day, while the Nasdaq dropped -299 points, -1.67% — the lows for the session across major indexe ...