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Stock market today: Dow aims for 6th day of gains while Nasdaq slips | March 8 2024

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US stocks were a mixed bag on Wednesday as investors tried to read the ratecut runes and weighed a fresh batch of earnings reports for insight into the chance of a corporate Americaspurred revival.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose 0.3%, or about 130 points, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) ticked down just below the flat line. The techheavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) edged down about 0.2%.

While stocks have notched a string of gains in recent days, the rally lost some steam as Federal Reserve policymaker Neel Kashkari signaled that rates are likely to stay at historic highs for a while. The Minneapolis Fed chief's comment that a hike isn't off the table either knocked hopes for an earlier easing in policy that had been buoyed by other Fed speakers. Fed officials Lisa Cook and Philip Jefferson are slated to speak Wednesday.

Uncertainty about corporate earnings also gave some investors pause as the season entered its final stretch. While techs have mainly delivered on high expectations, the focus is now on whether other sectors can match up.

On Wednesday's docket, Uber's (UBER) forecast for a key bookings metric missed the mark, dragging its shares down almost 7%. Shopify (SHOP) shares plunged as much as 19% after the ecommerce platform forecast its slowest quarterly revenue growth in two years.

In after hours, quarterly updates from AMC Entertainment (AMC) and Robinhood (HOOD) will be watched for signs of a meme stocklike surge.

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