Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq trade mixed as Wall Street weighs odds of rate cuts, Oracle sinks
US stocks traded mixed on Wednesday as investors weighed what the latest data and Federal Reserve comments mean for interest-rate cuts, with techs under pressure as Oracle (ORCL) stock slid. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) slipped 0.3%, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) traded flat, with both backing off slight opening gains as tech weakness returned. But the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) added 0.5%, after US stocks finished mixed in Tuesday's session. After weeks in a data vacuum, Wall Street is trying to ...