Stock Market Update
21-Aug-24 13:55 ET
Gold slips ahead of FOMC minutes
Dow +31.83
at 40866.80,
Nasdaq +74.24
at 17891.17,
S&P +18.60
at 5615.72
[BRIEFING.COM] With about two hours to go the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (+0.42%) is atop the standings; the markets hold modest gains across the board ahead of the release of the Minutes for the July 30-31 FOMC meeting at the top of the hour.
Gold futures settled $3.10 lower (-0.1%) to $2,547.50/oz, lower despite modest losses in the dollar and treasury yields.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index is down about -0.3% to $101.14.
