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The central bank has dished out another 75 basis-point rate hike in its efforts to tame the decades-high inflation. With a recession expected to hit the economy soon, fundamentally weak stocks Snap (SNAP) and Palantir Technologies (PLTR) might be best avoided. Read on….

The major stock market indexes added to Wednesday's bad vibes and are trading lower on Thursday afternoon, close to lows for the day. The market is still reeling from Fed Chair Jerome Powell's comments, which have intensified fears of a recession. The Nasdaq fell 1.5%. The S&P 500 lost 0.8%.…

U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite dropping more than 100 points on Thursday.

A number of leading health care stocks are weakening, some triggering sell signals.

U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones dropping around 100 points on Thursday.

The major U.S. index futures are flatlining, as traders are digesting the implication of the Fed's policy statement and a couple of interest rate decisions from Japan and the United Kingdom.

Pre-open movers

Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street lower after the Federal Reserve delivered another big interest rate hike and raised its outlook for more to cool galloping inflation

After briefly dipping lower, the Dow Jones and Nasdaq reversed higher following the Fed's decision to raise rates by 75 basis points, but reversed again to close lower.

U.S. stocks traded slightly higher toward the end of trading session on Wednesday following the announcement of interest rate decision by the Fed.

The Federal Reserve answered stock market investors on Wednesday afternoon, lifting rates an expected 75 basis points and posting an aggressive "dot plot" (interest rate road map) into 2024. The Nasdaq reversed course and added 0.7%, while the S&P 500 recouped 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.2%. Small…