The Dow Jones, Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes slip. Amazon and Meta fell on the stock market today. Solar stocks shined on positive news.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 846 points to a new record, the S&P 500 jumped 1.5%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 1.9%. Poor job numbers this month added fuel to the speculation that Powell could cut rates for the first time in months. President Donald Trump has often angrily prodded Powell to do so and threatened his job.

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The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, the lede, and the latest economic releases were updated in the story. U.S. stock futures dropped on Thursday following Wednesday’s mixed close. Futures of major benchmark indices were lower.

U.S. stock futures were trading mixed early Friday as markets eagerly awaited Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole

Fed chief Powell's dovish speech triggered a big Friday rally, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones hitting new highs and several stocks flashing buy signals. Nvidia earnings loom.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite finished at 20,895.66, rising 10 points due to strong performance of technology bigwigs. This was a new record-high closing for the index.