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Dow Jones Today: S&P 500 Falls for 5th Straight Day as Investors Brace for Powell Speech; Walmart Stock Tumbles After Earnings

Dow Jones Today: S&P 500 Falls for 5th Straight Day as Investors Brace for Powell Speech; Walmart Stock Tumbles After Earnings
business8/21/2025

Stocks were lower in late trading Thursday as investors prepared for tomorrow's highly anticipated speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Stocks were lower in late trading Thursday as investors prepared for tomorrow's highly anticipated speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), S&P 500 (SPX) and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) were each... [2885 chars]