Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell put a damper on the bull rally, after saying that a December rate cut isn't a "foregone conclusion" as a divided central bank tries to operate on limited visibility. Stocks came off their highs Wednesday following the start of Powell's post-meeting news conference. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was closed lower by 74 points, or 0.2%, after climbing as high as 0.7% at the highs of the day. The S & P 500 was little changed, after rising 0.4%, previously. The Nasdaq Composite alone was higher, up 0.6%, as investors awaited the release of megacap results after hours. Investors were widely anticipating a quarter-point rate cut at the conclusion of Wednesday's Fed meeting, but it's what Powell said about December that was always going to be a wild card for

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