Stocks closed mixed after the Federal Reserve's rate cut and Chair Jerome Powell outlines a meeting-by-meeting approach on next rate decisions.

Volume turned higher on the New York Stock Exchange and Powell's 'Rick-Management Cut' Powell during his afternoon press confere

The Dow rose while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell Wednesday as the stock market stalled after the Federal Reserve's rate cut.

Goldman Sachs’s stock has benefited from rate-cut expectations, a boom in IPO activity and a bet on one of the hottest areas of the lending market.

U.S. stock futures and 10-year Treasury yields were slightly lower early Wednesday, hours before the Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time this year.

The S&P 500 fell 0.1% Wednesday and hung near its record set at the start of the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 260 points, or 0.6%, while the Nasdaq composite fell 0.3%.

The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell Tuesday as the stock market waited for the Federal Reserve's latest interest-rate decision.

Not even the most important stock in the world could keep the oldest equity index down on a significant day for markets.

Beaten-down chemical industry stock Dow ( DOW 4.99%) absorbed another body blow on Monday. Investors traded out of the company's shares, on the back of an analyst's bearish adjustment, to the point where they closed the day more than 2% lower in value. In contrast, the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC 0.85%) ended up rising by 0.2%.

Brown-Forman has significantly underperformed the Dow over the past year, and analysts are cautious about the stock’s prospects.

Dow Jones artificial intelligence giant Nvidia stock is approaching its latest buy point in the ongoing stock market rally.