{"id":816689,"date":"2026-08-17T15:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/816689\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T15:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:32:12","slug":"stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-waver-ahead-of-retail-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/816689\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock market today: Dow, S&#038;P 500, Nasdaq waver ahead of retail earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">US stocks fluctuated on Monday as tech stocks drifted modestly higher, while investors weighed the Federal Reserve&#8217;s next policy move and <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/markets\/article\/key-checks-from-walmart-and-the-big-box-stores-what-to-watch-this-week-100000135.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:awaited%20a%20slate%20of%20retail%20earnings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:1;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;awaited a slate of retail earnings&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yContentType&quot;:&quot;story&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">awaited a slate of retail earnings<\/a> this week.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The Dow Jones Industrial Average (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/%5EDJI\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:%5EDJI;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:2;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;^DJI&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">^DJI<\/a>) declined 0.3% at the open, while the S&amp;P 500 (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/%5EGSPC\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:%5EGSPC;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:3;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;^GSPC&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">^GSPC<\/a>) fell 0.1% after the benchmark index posted its third straight weekly gain. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/%5EIXIC\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:%5EIXIC;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:4;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;^IXIC&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">^IXIC<\/a>) edged up fractionally following a <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/markets\/live\/stock-market-today-friday-august-14-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-102635519.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:relatively%20calm%20week%20on%20Wall%20Street;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:5;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;relatively calm week on Wall Street&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yContentType&quot;:&quot;story&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">relatively calm week on Wall Street<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Investor attention turns toward retail earnings and oil prices this week, with fewer market-moving economic data releases on the calendar. Big-box stores, including Walmart (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/WMT\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:WMT;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:6;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;WMT&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WMT<\/a>), Target (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/TGT\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:TGT;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:7;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;TGT&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;7&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TGT<\/a>), Lowe&#8217;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/LOW\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:LOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:8;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;LOW&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LOW<\/a>), and Home Depot (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/HD\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:HD;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:9;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;HD&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HD<\/a>), report quarterly results this week, providing insights into consumer health\u00a0during the important back-to-school shopping season.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Traders, meanwhile, pulled back the odds of a September rate hike at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/economy\/policy\/article\/markets-bet-on-a-pause-for-september-but-fed-hawks-may-not-be-swayed-ahead-of-jackson-hole-175928197.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fed&#039;s%20Jackson%20Hole%20meeting;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:10;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Fed&#039;s Jackson Hole meeting&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yContentType&quot;:&quot;story&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fed&#8217;s Jackson Hole meeting<\/a>\u00a0to less than one-third, as inflation and jobs data have created a mixed economic picture.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Oil prices remain a key factor for markets and the Fed as the US takes an economic approach to the war in the Middle East. Brent crude (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/BZ=F\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:BZ%3DF;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:11;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;BZ=F&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BZ=F<\/a>) futures, the international benchmark, edged up to $88 per barrel on Monday. At the same time, financial markets have tightened, with the 10-year (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/^TNX\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:%5ETNX;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:12;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;^TNX&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">^TNX<\/a>) and 30-year (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/^TYX\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:%5ETYX;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:13;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;^TYX&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;13&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">^TYX<\/a>) Treasury yields extending their gains amid concerns about growing national debt.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes, released on Wednesday, could offer more clues into the Fed officials&#8217; thinking.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US stocks fluctuated on Monday as tech stocks drifted modestly higher, while investors weighed the Federal Reserve&#8217;s next&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28,121641,2800,121],"class_list":["post-816689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-economic-data-releases","tag-federal-reserve","tag-nasdaq-composite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}