Dow Jones Futures Fall On Microsoft, But AMD Jumps After Nvidia Sell-Off; Fed Pivot Looms

Dow Jones futures fell modestly aft hours, on with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, arsenic Microsoft (MSFT) tumbled connected anemic Azure cloud-computing growth. The Fed gathering determination is connected pat Wednesday.

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Nvidia rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Arista Networks (ANET), First Solar (FSLR) and Pinterest (PINS) also reported Tuesday night.

The banal marketplace rally diverged Tuesday, heading into immense net and the Fed gathering decision. The Dow Jones, tiny caps and galore nontech sectors held up oregon roseate modestly. The S&P 500 undercut cardinal support, portion the Nasdaq fell solidly, led by Nvidia (NVDA).

Nvidia banal is connected IBD Leaderboard, with AMD connected the Leaderboard watchlist. Microsoft banal is connected IBD Long-Term Leaders.

The video embedded successful the nonfiction discusses Tuesday's marketplace enactment and analyzes Spotify (SPOT), Progressive (PGR) and Texas Roadhouse (TXRH).

Dow Jones Futures Today

Dow Jones futures fell 0.5% vs. just value, with Microsoft banal a large Dow component. S&P 500 futures mislaid 0.3% and Nasdaq 100 futures declined 0.4%. Microsoft, AMD, Arista Networks and First Solar are S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 stocks.

Remember that overnight enactment successful Dow futures and elsewhere doesn't needfully construe into existent trading successful the adjacent regular stock market session.

Federal Reserve Meeting

The Federal Reserve gathering ends Wednesday, with a argumentation connection owed astatine 2 p.m. ET. Fed main Jerome Powell volition talk astatine 2:30 p.m., with investors hoping Powell volition hint that he's astir acceptable to trim involvement rates. Markets person priced successful a September complaint cut, truthful there's the hazard of disappointment.

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Stock Market Rally

The banal marketplace rally showed divergent enactment Wednesday, with tiny caps and nontech sectors doing good portion Nvidia and tech leaders kept skidding.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average roseate 0.6% successful Tuesday's stock marketplace trading. The S&P 500 scale sank 0.5%, conscionable beneath its 50-day line.

The Nasdaq composite slumped 1.3%, hitting a seven-week debased earlier paring losses slightly. Nvidia banal plunged 7% to 103.73 connected Tuesday, hitting a two-month debased and getting adjacent to round-tripping the late-May breakout.

The small-cap Russell 2000 precocious 0.35%.

The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP) climbed 0.5%, conscionable beneath all-time highs.

The First Trust Nasdaq 100 Equal Weighted Index ETF (QQEW) fell 0.6%, but amended than the Nasdaq 100's 1.4% skid.

U.S. crude lipid prices sank 1.4% to $74.73 a barrel, its lowest adjacent since June 5.

The 10-year Treasury output fell 3 ground points to 4.14%, hitting its lowest levels since March.

ETFs

Among maturation ETFs, the Innovator IBD 50 ETF (FFTY) shed 0.9%. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) mislaid 1%, with Microsoft banal a large holding. The VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH) sold disconnected 3.8%. AMD banal is simply a large SMH member, but it's dwarfed by Nvidia.

The SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME) slipped 0.4%, and the Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF (PAVE) dipped 0.2%. The SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB) climbed 0.7%. The Energy Select SPDR ETF (XLE) gained 1.55%, and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) edged up 0.1%.

The Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI) precocious 0.3%. The Financial Select SPDR ETF (XLF) rallied 1.15%.

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Microsoft Earnings

Microsoft net and gross somewhat bushed fiscal Q4 views. Azure cloud-computing gross jumped 29%, but that was down from Q3's 31% and somewhat beneath views.

Q4 superior spending was higher than expected. That could beryllium a antagonistic for Microsoft but a affirmative for suppliers, including Nvidia and Arista.

The Dow Jones tech titan volition merchandise guidance connected the net call. Capital spending plans volition beryllium cardinal amid capitalist fears of AI fatigue.

MSFT banal tumbled successful overnight action. Shares edged down 0.9% successful Tuesday's regular league to 422.92, falling further beneath the 50-day enactment and anterior bargain constituent of 430.82.

AMD Earnings

AMD net beat second-quarter views with income to information centers doubling. The chipmaker besides guided up somewhat for Q3.

AMD banal surged successful extended trade. Shares declined 0.9% to 138.44 connected Tuesday. Since mid-July, AMD has tumbled, falling beneath its 50-day and past 200-day lines. Shares peaked successful aboriginal March.

AMD competes successful AI processors against Nvidia, with the second having the technological borderline close now.

Nvidia banal roseate modestly aft hours successful the aftermath of AMD and Microsoft earnings, but lone recovered a information of Tuesday's losses.

Other Key Earnings

Arista net exceeded statement slightly, portion the networking elephantine fractionally guided higher connected Q3 revenue.

Microsoft is simply a 10%-plus lawsuit for Arista Networks. Meta Platforms (META), which reports Wednesday night, is different large Arista customer.

ANET banal climbed modestly overnight. Arista banal fell 2.85% to 311.42 connected Tuesday, falling further from its 50-day enactment and conscionable supra a anterior bargain point.

First Solar net doubled, beating views. FSLR banal roseate somewhat successful extended action. First Solar banal slumped 4.3% to 210.89 connected Tuesday.

Pinterest earnings edged past views, but the societal media tract guided little connected Q3 revenue. PINS banal fell successful overnight trade. Shares mislaid 1 cent to 37.35 connected Tuesday, tumbling implicit respective weeks.

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What To Do Now?

The marketplace reversal implicit the past fewer weeks continues, with long-lagging tiny caps starring and the Nasdaq struggling beneath the 50-day line.

The adjacent fewer days volition find whether Nvidia, different titans and techs wide tin find their footing, but it whitethorn beryllium immoderate clip earlier they pb again.

Investors tin proceed to find buying opportunities extracurricular of tech, though the barrage of quality coming whitethorn connection reasons to beryllium cautious astir caller purchases.

It's important to enactment engaged and beryllium acceptable to enactment appropriately to antithetic scenarios.

Read The Big Picture every time to enactment successful sync with the marketplace absorption and starring stocks and sectors.

Please travel Ed Carson connected Threads astatine @edcarson1971 and X/Twitter astatine @IBD_ECarson for banal marketplace updates and more.

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