Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq trade mixed as Wall Street weighs odds of rate cuts, Oracle sinks
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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 ...