Stock market today: Wall Street rises toward more records as it counts down to a rate cut
In stock markets abroad, Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1% as the value the Japanese yen ticks higher against the U.S. dollar. The yen has been rising on expectations that the Bank of Japan will continue to head in the opposite direction of the Federal Reserve and keep raising interest rates. A stronger yen can hurt the profits of Japan’s big exporters.