Stocks Pressured as Fed Chair Powell Downplays Further Rate Cuts

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Wednesday closed unchanged, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.16%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up by +0.41%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ25 ) fell -0.06%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures…