- PSG held by Nice to leave Monaco clear at top of Ligue 1
- AC Milan fall at Fiorentina after De Gea's penalty heroics
- Lewandowski treble for leaders Barca as Atletico held
- Fresh Israeli strikes hit south Beirut
- Sucic stunner earns Real Sociedad draw against Atletico
- PSG draw with Nice, fail to reclaim top spot in Ligue 1
- Gudmundsson downs AC Milan after De Gea's penalty heroics for Fiorentina
- 'Yes' vote prevails in Kazakhstan nuclear plant vote: TV
- 'Difficult day': Oct 7 commemorations begin with festival memorial
- Commemorations begin for anniversary of attack on Israel
- Lewandowski hat-trick powers Liga leaders Barca to Alaves victory
- 'Nothing gets in way of team,' says Celtics' MVP hopeful Tatum
- India maintain Pakistan stranglehold as Windies cruise at Women's T20 World Cup
- 'We will win!': Mozambique's ruling party confident at final vote rally
- Tunisia voting ends as Saied eyes re-election with critics behind bars
- Florida braces for Milton, FEMA head slams 'dangerous' Helene misinformation
- Postecoglou slams 'unacceptable' Spurs after 'terrible' loss at Brighton
- Marmoush double denies Bayern outright Bundesliga top spot
- Rallies worldwide call for Gaza, Lebanon ceasefire
- Maresca hails Chelsea's 'fighting' spirit after draw with 10-man Forest
- New 'Joker' film, a dark musical, tops N.America box office
- Man Utd stalemate keeps Ten Hag in danger, Spurs rocked by Brighton
- Drowned by hurricane, remote N.Carolina towns now struggle for water
- Vikings hold off Jets in London to stay unbeaten
- Ahead of attack anniversary, Netanyahu says: 'We will win'
- West Indies cruise to T20 World Cup win over Scotland
- Arshdeep, Chakravarthy help India hammer Bangladesh in T20 opener
- Lewandowski's quickfire hat-trick powers Liga leaders Barca to Alaves victory
- Man Utd fire another blank in Aston Villa stalemate
- Lewandowski treble powers Liga leaders Barca to Alaves victory
- Russian activist killed on front line in Ukraine
- Openda strike briefly sends Leipzig top of Bundesliga
- Goal-shy Man Utd have to 'step up', says Ten Hag
- India bowl out Bangladesh for 127 in T20 opener
- Madueke rescues Chelsea in draw with 10-man Forest
- Beckett's belief rewarded as Bluestocking storms to Arc glory
- Trump on the stump, Harris hits airwaves in razor-edge US election
- Flash flooding kills three in northern Thailand
- Kaur leads India to victory over Pakistan in Women's T20 World Cup
- Juventus held by Cagliari after late penalty drama
- In France's Marseille, teen 'stabbed 50 times' then burned alive
- Ruthless Gauff beats Muchova in straight sets to win China Open
- India restrict Pakistan to 105-8 in Women's T20 World Cup
- England target repeat of Pakistan Test whitewash
- Penrith Panthers win fourth straight NRL title after downing Storm
- Weary Sinner happy for day off after battling into Shanghai last 16
- Pakistan's Masood warns England still a force without Stokes
- Madrid's Carvajal to miss several months after serious knee injury
- Israel pounds Lebanon ahead of Hamas attack anniversary
- Two elephants die in flash flooding in northern Thailand
Stocks diverge as traders eye Nvidia earnings
US shares fell marginally and European stock markets mostly inched higher Wednesday as investors cautiously awaited the latest earnings results from US chip giant Nvidia, a bellwether for the tech sector.
Traders are also waiting for key US economic data later this week that could provide clues about the size of an expected interest-rate cut next month.
In New York, the main indexes were all down slightly shortly after opening. In Europe, London's FTSE 100 Index was lower, while Paris and Frankfurt were higher in mid-afternoon trading.
All markets are focused on the release of Nvidia's second-quarter results after the close of US markets Wednesday.
The market has a "wait-and-see mentality", said Patrick J. O'Hare, an analyst at Briefing.com, because Nvidia "is primed to move. Everybody knows that. What they don't know is which way. So, the market is operating in a guarded fashion."
Nvidia is up about 160 percent year-to-date and has accounted for a third of the broad-based S&P 500 index's gains this year.
The market expects the company to post sales ranging between $27 billion and $32 billion, more than double from a year ago, said Swissquote Bank analyst Ipek Ozkardeskaya.
"The expectations for Nvidia's Q2 results are sky-high," she said, which means markets could be in for a rough ride if Nvidia disappoints.
"This is the one that could either lift all boats or sink the entire fleet," said analyst Stephen Innes in his Dark Side Of The Boom newsletter.
Nvidia has seen profits soar thanks to demand for its powerful GPU chips, which have set the industry's pace in pushing new advances in artificial intelligence.
Its success has pushed its market valuation over the $3 trillion mark.
Investors are also waiting for the release of US economic growth data on Thursday and the Federal Reserve's favoured gauge of inflation on Friday, followed by jobs figures next week.
Fed chief Jerome Powell said last week that the central bank was ready to cut rates, which were raised to a 23-year high in efforts to combat inflation, but he did not indicate by how much.
The Fed's next rate decision will be made at its September 17-18 meeting, with investors divided over whether the cut will be 25 or 50 basis points.
The dollar firmed somewhat Wednesday after losing ground recently on expectations of the Fed's interest rate cuts, which reduces returns on US assets.
Oil prices slipped Wednesday, shedding some gains from earlier in the week when they jumped after the administration that controls eastern Libya said it would suspend oil production. But it remains unclear how many oil fields are really going offline.
- Key figures around 1340 GMT -
New York - Dow: DOWN 0.1 percent at 41,214.23
New York - S&P 500: DOWN 0.1 percent at 5,619.79
New York - Nasdaq Compisite: DOWN percent 0.3 at 17,707.96
London - FTSE 100: DOWN 0.1 percent at 8,337.87
Paris - CAC 40: UP 0.4 percent at 7,598.93
Frankfurt - DAX: UP 0.8 percent at 18,828.09
Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.2 percent at 38,371.76 (close)
Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 1.0 percent at 17,692.45 (close)
Shanghai - Composite: DOWN 0.4 percent at 2,837.43 (close)
Dollar/yen: UP at 144.96 yen from 143.96 yen on Tuesday
Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.1116 from $1.1185
Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.3197 from $1.3261
Euro/pound: DOWN at 84.26 pence from 84.34 pence
West Texas Intermediate: DOWN 0.9 percent at $74.88 per barrel
Brent North Sea Crude: DOWN 0.8 percent at $78.92 per barrel
M.Thompson--AMWN