More likely it was just the big insiders and powers that be shoving stocks around the plate.
Gold and silver gave up some of their recent gains.
The Dollar DX index managed to rally up a bit, but could not regain the 94 handle.
Powell has shown himself to be a failed leader of the Fed. That he is in little different than some (many) of his predecessors is no excuse.
The Fed is highly corruptible, by design of the Banks.
The recent flood of advertising in favor of the status quo of US drug prices higher than the rest of the world (for our own good) is so over the top that it is hard to believe than anyone could buy it.