SQUAWK BOX, THURSDAY 24TH AUGUST, 2023

Nvidia shares soar in extended trade following the chip maker’s bumper Q2 which saw it hike guidance. CEO Jensen Huang tells investors on a conference call that the company is only getting started. U.S. equities were buoyed by the news and Treasury yields eased. Investors now turn to the Jackson Hole central bankers’ symposium for further signs about the Fed’s monetary policy strategy. A private plane allegedly carrying the Wagner Group’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin crashes in Russia’s Tver region near Moscow, killing ten people. Mercenary chief Prigozhin had led a brief coup attempt against Russian President Vladimir Putin in June. And in the U.S. Republican presidential candidates clash in the first debate ahead of 2024’s election with frontrunner former president Donald Trump deciding to skep the event in Milwaukee.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.