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U.S. stocks rose and the S&P 500 closed at a record high after a report of moderated wholesale inflation eased interest-rate fears.
Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal were expecting a 0.2% gain. The reading follows a slight slowdown in CPI reported Wednesday and added to expectations that the Federal Reserve can hold off on raising rates for now. The market-implied likelihood of a hike at its September meeting is now around 35%, down from 55% a week ago according to CME FedWatch.
The U.S. stock market rose to a record following the latest sign that inflation is getting less bad. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.8%. The Nasdaq composite rose 214.54 points, or 0.8%, to 26,803.03.
The S&P 500 cruised through the latest round of earnings reports and inflation data to close at a record high on Thursday. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.8%. Artificial intelligence stocks were once again at the vanguard, but a broad collection of S&P 500 stocks closed higher.
US equity indexes ended higher Thursday after a weak producer price inflation report and a drop in c
(Updates with index/price moves from the first paragraph.) US equity indexes rose, with the S&P 5
By Chris Prentice and Stefano Rebaudo NEW YORK/MILAN, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Global equities rose on Thursday as investors pared back U.S. rate hike bets, while oil prices dropped as higher inventories
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Aug 13 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Thursday as crude oil prices fell, improving risk appetite, while investors parsed a softer-than-expected producer price inflation
The stock market cleared both of this week’s inflation reports, but gains were fairly muted. The Nasdaq Composite was 0.2%. The big three indexes were mixed on Wednesday after the July consumer price index matched expectations.
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US equity futures were edging slightly higher pre-bell Thursday as traders awaited another key infla
Investing.com - U.S. stock index futures pointed higher on Thursday, as investors digested fresh corporate earnings and deal news while continuing to assess the outlook for inflation and interest rates.
US stock futures were barely moving on Thursday morning, with contracts on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 all sitting just above the flat line after a quiet session on Wall Street. Attention turns to the Producer Price Index, which measures prices from the...
Stock futures were a touch higher on Thursday as investors awaited July wholesale inflation data that will help decide what the Federal Reserve does next. Nasdaq 100 futures were rising less than 0.1%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is set to release the producer price index for July at 8.30 a.m. Eastern time.
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Asian shares mostly rose in early Thursday trading, as global market optimism continued on prospects for AI stocks and the semiconductor sector. Hong Kong's Hang Seng edged up nearly 0.1% to 25,453.45, while the Shanghai Composite gained 0.4% to 3,961.82. Several AI stocks reported better growth for the spring than analysts expected, while a report showed inflation across the United States was slightly less bad last month.
A softer inflation report that was in line with expectations helped boost stocks today, but overall, it was another fairly uneventful session after a quiet start to the week. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite finished up 0.5% today. Outside of the cooler inflation reading this morning, artificial intelligence stocks like Super Micro Computer and Lumentum helped drive stocks higher today, particularly in the Nasdaq, after turning in earnings performances that smashed expectations.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks closed mostly higher on Wednesday, with the Dow the only outlier, ending virtually flat, the S&P 500 gaining about a quarter of a percent, and the Nasdaq adding more than half a percent.</p><p>:: CoreWeave</p><p>Upbeat quarterly results from AI-related firms continued to soothe investor fears about massive capex spending.</p><p>:: CoreWeave</p><p>Shares of CoreWeave, for instance, surged 19% after the AI cloud company lifted its annual capital spending forecast and topped second-quarter earnings estimates.</p><p>Mike Mussio is president of FBB Capital Partners.</p><p>“We continue to see some of these names that sold off dramatically in June and part of July on just general AI over-investment, scare around that, they're actually reporting earnings, and the earnings are kind of saying, 'nothing really to see here.' So some of these same companies and sub-industries within the AI complex that sold off hard are bouncing dramatically. And that's helping lead the Nasdaq higher today.”</p><p>Data center operators also rose, with IREN gaining almost 10% and Applied Digital up nearly 5%.</p><p>:: Nebius Group</p><p>And shares of data center company Nebius Group jumped 34%, helped by second-quarter results that beat expectations.</p><p>Shares of Super Micro Computer surged 19% after the AI server maker forecast fiscal 2027 revenue above Wall Street expectations.</p><p>And chip makers gained, with Nvidia rising 3% and Micron Technology adding about 5%. </p><p>Meanwhile, data on Wednesday showed U.S. consumer prices barely increased in July as the cost of gasoline declined for a second straight month, further reducing expectations of an interest rate hike next month from the Federal Reserve.</p></body>