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Markets Live Recap: Stocks Close Down Despite Powell's Statement

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones were both down in early market trading as investors continued yesterday's sell-off.

Then, Jerome Powell said the U.S. Federal Reserve intends to keep interest rates near zero through 2022.

And he expects GDP to expand by 5% in 2021.

Stocks rallied across the board on the back on the announcement by the Fed Reserve Chairmen.

But only the Nasdaq closes the day in positive territory – up 1.2% and closing at a record high.

The S&P 500 was flat and the down was down 0.6%.

Here's what our experts – Chris Johnson and Shah Gilani – saw live at the open and close of the trading day.

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