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STORY: U.S. stocks closed higher on Tuesday to notch their third straight day of gains, after dovish comments from U.S. Federal Reserve officials pushed Treasury yields lower and investors cautiously...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite, and S&P 500 all tend to rise during the month.

STORY: Wall Streets main indexes ended higher on Wednesday as fresh economic data signaled a cooling U.S. economy, reinforcing expectations the Federal Reserve will pause rate hikes in September.

Financial stocks had a bad day, thanks to Fitch’s warning of a downgrade and Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari’s comments on tighter regulations.

Financial stocks had a bad day, thanks to Fitch's warning of a downgrade and Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari's comments on tighter regulations.

Financial stocks had a bad day, thanks to Fitch’s warning of a downgrade and Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari’s comments on tighter regulations.

Financial stocks had a bad day, thanks to Fitch's warning of a downgrade and Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari's comments on tighter regulations.

STORY: U.S. stocks closed down Wednesday, as investors took profits on five months of gains after rating agency Fitch downgraded the U.S. governments debt.

At the same time, strong employment data underscored worries that the Federal Reserve may not be on the verge of ending its most aggressive monetary policy tightening in decades.

Next week, around 170 companies in the S&P 500 Index, representing 40% of its market capitalization, are set to post results, including tech bellwethers Microsoft Corp., Meta Platforms Inc. and Google parent Alphabet Inc. And on Wednesday, after the Fed announces its latest decision on interest rates, Chair Jerome Powell will provide clues on whether investors were correct to wager that its expected quarter-point rate hike will be its last