Nasdaq-100 futures fell 0.8% Wednesday evening, while S&P 500 futures declined 0.4% and Dow Jones futures were little changed. Nvidia shares dropped about 8% after reports by The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal said that chief executive Jensen Huang had an extramarital relationship with a company executive and that the board was preparing to remove him. Earlier in regular trading, the Dow Jones gained nearly 255 points, the S&P 500 rose 1.3%, and the Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.6%, led by CoreWeave and a rebound in Nvidia. Investors remain divided between optimism about artificial intelligence and macroeconomic risks, including persistent inflation, higher interest rates, and data-center regulation. Initial jobless claims and existing home sales data are due in the United States on Thursday.
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