Indexes rallied Thursday, with tech stocks leading the Nasdaq to rise 2.5% as investors continued to digest Wednesday's jumbo rate cut from the Fed.

The latest batch of quarterly forecasts from the Federal Reserve showed policy makers have had a change of heart since June about the pace of interest rate cuts in 2024. The latest iteration of the Fed's "dot plot" penciled in two more quarter-point cuts before the end of the year,

Wall Street is holding near its records after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession with a bigger-than-usual cut to interest rates.

Nike on Thursday announced it would replace CEO John Donahoe with his former colleague, Elliott Hill, sending the stock soaring on the news. Hill, 60, is returning to Nike four years after retiring from the sneaker giant.

A leadership change is underway at Nike (NKE) as current CEO John Donahoe steps down, and longtime veteran Elliott Hill takes the helm, the company said on Thursday. Shares of Nike jumped by over 7% in after-hours trading following the announcement.

Nike stock surged Thursday after the company announced CEO John Donahoe was retiring, to be replaced by former Nike executive Elliott Hill. Donahoe will be stepping down Oct. 13, and will remain an advisor to the company through Jan.