U.S. equity futures slipped on Thursday, signaling continued weakness for Wall Street as investors brace for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s appearance at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. Lingering uncertainty over the direction of interest rates has weighed heavily on sentiment,

A steep slide in shares of semiconductor companies was dragging on the Nasdaq Composite on Tuesday afternoon, putting the tech-heavy index on track for a rare underperformance versus the Dow Jones Industrial Average.