Wall Street Holds Steady Just Below Recent Records

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are holding near breakeven in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday as indexes hover just below their recent all-time highs.

The S&P 500 was mostly unchanged. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 52 points, or 0.1%, as of 10:45 a.m. Eastern time. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.2%.

Boeing rose 2.2% after Korean Air announced a $50 billion deal with the company that includes buying more than 100 aircraft. Dish Network parent, EchoStar, surged 77% after AT&T said it will buy some of its wireless spectrum licenses in a $23 billion deal.

Treasury yields were little changed in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.29% from 4.28% late Monday.

The broader market remained subdued following President Donald Trump’s escalation of his fight with the Federal Reserve. On Monday, he said that he’s removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. She has responded that she will not resign.

It marks the latest escalation in his dispute with the central bank over its cautious interest rate policy. The Fed has held rates steady since late 2024 over worries that Trump’s unpredictable tariff policy will reignite inflation. Trump has also threatened to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell, often taunting him with name-calling. Still, he is only one of 12 votes that decides interest rate policy.

“We will continue to monitor rising political pressure on the Fed but expect its decision-making to remain guided by its mandate in the near term,” said Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi, chief investment officer for the Americas and global head of equities at UBS Global Wealth Management.

Wall Street is still betting that the Fed will trim its benchmark interest rate at its next meeting in September. Traders see an 88% chance that the central bank will cut the rate by a quarter of a percentage point, according to data from CME Group.

The two-year Treasury yield, which more closely tracks expectations for Fed action, slipped to to 3.70% from 3.73% late Friday.

The Federal Reserve spent much of the last several years fighting rising inflation by raising interest rates. It managed to mostly tame inflation and avoided having those higher rates stall economic growth, thanks largely to strong consumer spending and a…