SolarEdge Technologies is down 5% after shares of the solar-power-equipment maker were downgraded to Underperform from Hold at Jefferies and the price target cut to $17 from $27. S&P 500 futures are up 0.3%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are adding 0.2%.

Asian markets have forged higher after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession in the U.S. with a bigger-than-usual cut to interest rates

U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Monday, as equities bounced back from the worst week for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average since March 2023. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up 484.18 points or 1.20% to end at 40,829.59, according to Dow Jones Market Data;

Markets on Wall Street were positioned to open at record highs Thursday after the Federal Reserve issued a bigger-than-usual interest rate cut intended to fortify a cooling labor market and prevent a

Markets in Europe and Asia shot higher on Thursday after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession in the U.S. with a bigger-than-usual cut to interest rates. U.S. futures were higher after a lackluster response on Wall Street to the Fed's move the day before.

Stocks were either up big, or down a lot, in the year after the first Federal Reserve interest rate cutting cycle, according to a team led by Keith Lerner, co-chief investment officer at Truist Advisory Services.

Cryptocurrencies rose during a broad market rally Thursday, one day after the Federal Reserve delivered a large interest rate cut.