The Nasdaq rose on Wednesday, clawing back some ground lost during the recent selloff as investors positioned themselves ahead of Nvidia's much-anticipated quarterly results and crucial employment data that had been unavailable during the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown. While the S&P 500 and Dow edged lower, rising tech shares put the Nasdaq into positive territory.

Minutes from the Fed's October meeting showed policymakers were more divided than usual, lowering interest rates even as some members cautioned lower interest rates could quell efforts to cool inflation. Gold pared gains following the release of the minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's October meeting, and crude prices slid on reports of a U.S.-proposed resolution to Russia's war on Ukraine. Chipmaker Nvidia has come

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