Stock Market Update

18-Aug-25 15:30 ET
Market awaiting more consequential developments
Dow -42.77 at 44903.35, Nasdaq -2.95 at 21618.64, S&P -2.20 at 6447.60

[BRIEFING.COM] The major averages are little changed from previous levels as the market enters the final half hour of trading. 

President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are currently meeting with a coalition of European leaders at the White House to discuss a peace negotiation between Ukraine and Russia, with a trilateral meeting between the three presidents a proposed next step.

The negotiations have not had much effect on the direction of the market, which has drifted sideways as the market anticipates more tangible drivers later in the week.

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