LIVE MARKETS-Market awaits Nvidia, but right now, it's got Target on its back

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MARKET AWAITS NVIDIA, BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOT TARGET ON ITS BACK

The main U.S. indexes are lower early Wednesday ahead of AI giant Nvidia's NVDA.O quarterly results due after the closing bell, while retailer Target's shares tumbled after a downbeat holiday-quarter forecast.

Target is sliding around 21% putting it on pace for its biggest one-day percentage fall since May 2022.

Meanwhile, NVDA is trading off only around 1%. With this, the Philadelphia semiconductor index .SOX is down close to 1%.

A majority of S&P 500 .SPX are lower. Consumer discretionary .SPLRCD and consumer staples .SPLRCS, which includes TGT, are the weakest groups. Both sectors are off around 1%.

Energy .SPNY and healthcare .SPXHC are in positive territory.

Here is a snapshot of where markets stood around 0948 EST:

(Terence Gabriel)

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FOR WEDNESDAY'S EARLIER LIVE MARKETS POSTS:

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TECH STOCKS LIFT STOXX AS REAL ESTATE DRAGS - CLICK HERE

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FTSE FUTURES FALL BEHIND AFTER INFLATION RISES CLICK HERE

(Terence Gabriel is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)