Summary

Stocks were mixed on Wednesday morning as investors awaited the minutes of the latest FOMC meeting, which should provide additional insight into the Fed’s thinking about a potential rate hike later this month. Factory order data was weaker than expected. The Commerce Department said that orders rose 0.3% in May. The result matched the 0.3% increase in April but missed the Reuters consensus forecast of 0.8% growth. The Dow fell 0.3%, the S&P fell 0.1%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.1%. Crude oil rose more than 2% to $71.50 per barrel, while gold fell slightly to $1928 per ounce.

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Source: finance.yahoo.com