Stock Market Today: Stocks Tick Up Ahead of FOMC Minutes Release

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Happy Wednesday. This is TheStreet’s Stock Market Today for Oct. 8, 2025. You can follow the latest updates on the market here in our daily live blog.

Update: 7:20 a.m. ET

Everything Happening Today (That We Know Of)

Good morning. After snapping a days-long winning streak, U.S. equities are up this morning. Their declines yesterday came amid fear, uncertainty, and doubt around the AI trade and bad news for auto brands, which weighed on the consumer durable field.

Related: Tesla, Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis: Why Auto Stocks Just Had A Bad Tuesday

Yesterday’s disappointments aside, today could be the last day we know some peace and quiet in the market for awhile, with the third quarter earnings season kicking off tomorrow. This afternoon, the FOMC Minutes are out at 2:00 p.m. ET, making it

In short, here are today’s highlights:

Economic Data & Events

With the government still shut, we won’t be getting a lot of data today… again. 

The Mortgage Bankers Association has already dropped its biggest report, showing a 4.7% year-over-year decline in mortgage applications in the week of Oct. 3. 

However, aside from that, we’ll have commentary from a few Fed Governors, some updates from the Energy Information Administration, and supposedly, the FOMC Minutes. at 2:00 p.m. ET.

Earnings Today

The earnings season detente will finally wrap tomorrow, as the first earnings of the third quarter finally kick off. 

However, not before we get results from today’s singular report: industrial firm AZZ Inc AZZ, which will report this morning.

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