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

Follow all the latest U.S. market action for Tuesday here to see if stocks can shake of some summer torpor and reach fresh highs.

The company’s shares have been lagging the Nasdaq 100 Index for most of the year, and the gap has only widened in the two weeks since Amazon’s July 31 earnings disappointment. The tech-heavy benchmark is up 12% this year, more than twice Amazon’s 4.6% gain.

US stock futures wavered just above the flatline as Wall Street readied for the main event of the week: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole symposium in Wyoming.

Stocks are lower Wednesday afternoon as selling of AI-related technology names continues and Target names a new chief executive.

Good morning. This is TheStreet's Stock Market Today for Aug. 20, 2025. The stock market is now open. At last look, the indexes are near session lows. The Dow (-0.26%), which started the day in the green, is now down. It joins the Russell 2000 (-0.83%), S&P 500 (-0.88%), and Nasdaq (-1.64%).

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The major indexes close the day with losses on Thursday after wavering earlier in the session. Palantir stock adds suspense.