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WALL STREET INDEXES EDGE DOWN IN AIMLESS TRADE

Wall Street's three major indexes are slightly lower on Wednesday, unable to hold onto their timid gains from earlier with investors likely on the sidelines ahead of big news.

While the release of Federal Reserve meeting minutes, due during the afternoon, generally elicits little market response, that can't be said for results from artificial intelligence chip leader Nvidia NVDA.O, which are due after market close.

Under the hood, the market is a mixed bag with less than a handful of the eleven major S&P 500 .SPX industry sectors rising.

The gainers are led by healthcare .SPXHC, up just 0.2% while the losers are led by utilities .SPLRCU down only around 0.5%.

Small caps aren't getting much love with the Russell 2000 .RUT down ~0.5%. The S&P 500 value index .IVX is edging down, while the S&P growth index .IGX is basically trying to hold its ground around flat.

The Philadelphia semiconductor index .SOX has also turned slightly red. Nvidia is off ~0.1%, with its investors presumably playing the wait-and-see game .

Here is your snapshot from 1021 a.m ET/1421 GMT

(Sinéad Carew)

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