Dow leaps to all-time high — then tumbles after Fed slashes rates by half-point
After surging as much as 375 points to an all-time high after the Fed announcement, the Dow turned negative in late trading as investors digested Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments. The blue chip index dropped 103.08 points, or 0.3%, to 41,503.10. It hit an intraday record of 41,981.97.