India, Aug. 27 -- Stocks have moved modestly higher during trading on Wednesday, extending the upward move seen over the course of yesterday's choppy session. Buying interest has remained somewhat subdued, however, limiting the upside for the major averages.
Currently, the major averages are just off their highs of the session. The Dow is up 132.99 points or 0.3 percent at 45,551.06, the S&P 500 is up 11.90 points or 0.2 percent at 6,477.84 and the Nasdaq is up 24.49 points or 0.1 percent at 21,568.76.
The modest strength on Wall Street comes as traders look ahead to the release of highly-anticipated earnings news from Nvidia (NVDA).
Nvidia, which is scheduled to release its second quarter results after the close of today's trading, is c...