Wall Street held near its records in premarket trading Tuesday as traders digested the latest corporate earnings reports while waiting for fresh cues about interest rates from the Federal Reserve.

Dow futures slipped slightly on Wednesday as investors adopted a cautious stance ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s upcoming remarks at the Jackson Hole Symposium.

Wall Street was lower on Wednesday, as investors digested more retail earnings and await the Federal Reserve's latest meeting minutes. S&P 500 (SP500) -0.5%, the Dow (DJI)  was near even, and the Nasdaq Composite (COMP:IND) -1.

Wall Street is edging further from its records. NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is edging lower on Tuesday following drops for Palantir and other stars that had been riding the mania surrounding artificial-intelligence technology.

Wall Street continues to drift Wednesday while news of a leadership change at Target took some of the spotlight away from the latest batch of corporate earnings reports.

Wall Street’s major averages have slipped on Wednesday as investors weigh a fresh round of retail earnings and digest the release of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes. Falling the hardest has been the tech focused Nasdaq Composite (COMP:IND) which has dropped 1.

Wall Street faded on Tuesday following drops for Nvidia and other stars that have been riding the mania surrounding artificial-intelligence technology.

This week's set-piece event is the Jackson Hole central-bank gathering in Wyoming, slated for Thursday through Saturday. Investors will tune into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech for any hints on whether the central bank might kick off interest-rate cuts in September.