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Stock Market Today Live: Tech Stocks Set to Gain, Oil Inches Up

By Google News Business · Summarized & edited by · 2026-08-17
Stock Market Today Live: Tech Stocks Set to Gain, Oil Inches Up

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Why it matters: Tech-led equity gains across pre-market coverage signal renewed risk appetite, with traders positioning ahead of Fed minutes that could reset rate-cut expectations. Retail earnings add a second data point that will test whether consumer demand supports the rally's valuation thesis.

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