Stock market today: Wall Street hovers quietly around record highs before the bell Wednesday

Trading on Wall Street was quietly mixed before the opening bell Wednesday as markets hovered around record highs. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were essentially unchanged from Tuesday’s close. KB Home tumbled more than 6% in premarket after the homebuilder missed Wall Street profit expectations as demand softened early in the summer. Online fashion styling service Stitch Fix slid 26% in off-hours trading after it posted a wider-than-expected fourth-quarter loss. Oil prices fell, while gold continued its surge past all-time highs.