Stocks finish mostly lower even after the Fed cut interest rates and said it will stop shrinking its balance sheet on Dec. 1. Separately, investors are preparing for earnings from three of the Mag 7 mega-cap stocks after the close.

The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates a quarter point today. Follow along for live news and analysis of the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq.

Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. Updates will appear here as they are published. Markets are still exploding to higher highs. At the moment, S&P 500 futures are up 20 points at 6,

Microsoft posted its fiscal first-quarter earnings after Wednesday's closing bell, joining Alphabet and Meta on a packed afternoon for Big Tech results. While the headline results impressed, Microsoft ended up spending way more on capital expenditures like chips than analysts were anticipating.

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Shares of Fubo TV (FUBO) are up more than 24% in premarket trading on Wednesday following the announcement the company has successfully merged itself with Disney's (DIS) Hulu + Live TV business.

More investors are getting off the sidelines and participating in the stock market's rally, pushing the S&P 500 toward what may end being its eighth advance in the past nine sessions on Wednesday. "Technical tailwinds continue,