Wall Street braced for results from retail giants as rising concerns over inflation cloud the path to an interest rate cut.

Stocks often rise the week of the Fed’s big Jackson Hole gathering. Don’t count on it this year. Why a ‘wall of money’ is unlikely to flood into stocks when the Fed cuts rates, this Goldman strategist says.

Software maker Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) plunged more than 9%, making it the S&P 500's weakest performer. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) bucked the trend, edging up 10.45 points, or 0.

U.S. stock indexes ended mixed after Nvidia, Palantir and other superstar stocks pared most of their steep losses from the morning. The S&P 500 dipped 0.2% Wednesday after trimming a

Wall Street ended lower on more declines in technology stocks, but the market pared its losses in the afternoon. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% Wednesday after trimming a loss that reached 1.1% earlier in the day.

Asian shares have retreated, tracking a decline on Wall Street led by technology shares including Nvidia and other stars that have been riding the mania surrounding artificial-intelligence. Benchmarks