US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are moving higher at Wednesday's market open after closing slightly below their flatlines in yesterday's session. The S&P 500 now sits back above 5,600 as the market indexes await commentary from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in a speech on Friday.

Seana Smith, Brad Smith, and Jared Blikre eye market movements and sector gains in the morning session, while also touching on the volatility (^VIX) spike seen earlier in August.

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.