Stock futures are pointing to a slightly lower open for major indexes on Wednesday as investors respond to a slew of earnings reports from retailers and brace for a big speech later in the week by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading down Thursday afternoon with shares of Walmart and Sherwin-Williams Co. seeing the biggest declines for the price-weighted average.

US Stock Market Today slipped into caution on Thursday as the Dow Jones fell 230 points, the S&P 500 marked its fifth straight loss, and the Nasdaq ended slightly weaker. The days biggest shock came from Walmart earnings,

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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.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is outpacing the other indexes on Tuesday, potentially on its way to a new record. The Dow was trading at 45,176.19, up about 0.6% on Tuesday. Part of this bump was due to the jump in shares from Home Depot.

Policymaker sentiment will take a front seat heading into the annual Jackson Hole central banking summit.

Away from tech, markets have been exceedingly serene of late, with the Dow industrials moving less than 0.1% in either direction for five straight sessions. According to Dow Jones Market Data, that's the longest such stretch since June 1994.