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Futures rose ahead of Fed chief Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech after Thursday's market skid. Cava soared overnight on earnings.

The indexes held strong Wednesday with a few more stocks breaking out ahead of Fed chief Jerome Powell and Nvidia earnings.

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU24) are down -0.02%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU24) are up +0.13% this morning, taking a breather after yesterday’s sharp gains, while investors looked ahead to U.S. consumer confidence data and comments from a Federal Reserve official.

The major indexes cleared key levels in a strong day for the stock market rally. Nvidia, Meta and, arguably, Tesla flashed buy signals.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones rallied 400 points Thursday on strong U.S. retail sales. Nvidia stock looked to extend its win streak.

Futures rose as Walmart and Cisco leapt on earnings, with retail sales due. Warren Buffett's Berkshire bought an Ulta Beauty stake.

The retail leader offered an early entry. Its earnings report came amid signs of a consumer slowdown.

Indexes were mixed after softer than expected inflation data kept up hopes of rate cuts on track.

The market rally made a bullish move Tuesday, with several stocks flashing buy signals. But a CPI inflation report looms.