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Stock futures were little changed Tuesday after a slide in technology names pressured the S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high.
Futures for the 30-stock index subsided 59 points, or 0.1%, to 41,276.
Futures for the S&P 500 index slid 7.75 points, or 0.1%, at 5,629.25.
Futures for the NASDAQ subtracted 2.8 points, or 0.1%, to 19,563.25.
Investors are eager to see earnings from top artificial intelligence beneficiary Nvidia on Wednesday. Shares of the semiconductor firm closed more than 2% lower Monday and were marginally higher in after hours trading. Nvidia has become a key bellwether for tech stocks and AI more broadly, and investors will look toward its second-quarter results to gauge the health of the AI trade.
Investors will also parse fresh quarterly earnings from retailer Nordstrom after the closing bell Tuesday for insight into the health of consumers.
Stocks are trying to find stable footing after a brutal start to the month. Investors have grown more optimistic, however, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled on Friday that the central bank’s next move will be to cut benchmark interest rates. Powell did not specify when, or by how much, interest rates would be reduced.
Traders are unanimously forecasting a rate cut at the central bank’s Sept.17-18 policy meeting of at least 25 basis points
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.5% Tuesday, while in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index progressed 0.4%.
Oil prices sank 43 cents to $76.49 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices fell $10.10 to $2,545.10,70.
