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CPI Comes in Line With Expectations.

By Ragini Mathur and Utkarsh Hathi May 12 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes edged lower on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq pulling back from record highs after a hotter-than-expected

May 12 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened lower on Tuesday, as investors weighed a hotter-than-expected inflation report and fading hopes for a swift resolution to the Middle East conflict.

Major stock indexes are settling in after a bit of volatility this morning. Dow futures have turned slightly positive, while S&P 500 futures are down 0.2%. Nasdaq futures are down 0.6%. Each of these indexes is in a place better than where they were immediately after the inflation report came out.

Headline CPI matched forecasts of a 0.6% monthly increase and 3.8% inflation rate. Core inflation rose 0.4% on the month and 2.8% vs. a year earlier, both just above forecasts.

May 12 (Reuters) - Top brokerages expect the benchmark S&P 500 index to extend its rally in 2026, even as Middle East tensions disrupt global energy flows and drive inflation higher.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.5% and the actively tr

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Economists expect consumer prices rose 3.7% year-over-year in April, up from 3.3% in March, as oil prices climb above $100 a barrel

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Wall Street futures pointed moderately lower pre-bell Tuesday as traders weighed rising crude prices

US equity futures were pointing lower on Tuesday as investors assess President Donald Trump's latest

The world is in the middle of a historic oil crisis, yet the biggest bargains on Wall Street can be found in U.S. energy stocks. The price of the energy basket in the S&P 500 is just 2% higher than where it was before the war, when oil futures were close to $70 a barrel and the world had a supply glut. Today, oil prices are closer to $100 a barrel and the world has lost roughly a billion barrels of oil supply.

U. S. stock futures edged lower on Tuesday as investors monitored mounting uncertainty surrounding the conflict between the United States and Iran, while also preparing for the release of closely watched U.

In a matter of hours, this report can completely turn Wall Street on its head.

President Trump said the cease-fire was on “massive life support." The S&P 500 added 0.2% and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial rose 95 points, or 0.2%. Shares of Lumentum Holdings led the S&P 500, surging more than 16%, with Coherent and Corning also up double-digits.

Stocks looked set to tumble on Tuesday as the stand-off between the U.S. and Iran dragged on, putting the market on edge ahead of an inflation reading that will make clear just how much the war in the Middle East is impacting the economy. S&P 500 futures declined 0.4% and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 dropped 0.8%. The S&P and Nasdaq both eked out record highs on Monday as the rally in chip stocks rolled on.

SINGAPORE, May 12 (Reuters) - Oil crept higher and the dollar rose on Tuesday as hopes faded for a deal to get ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz, while a red-hot chip rally in chip stocks

The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2%, while the S&P 500 also inched 0.2% higher and the Nasdaq Composite edged up 0.1%. Investor attention is focused squarely on events later in the week, including inflation data and a meeting between the U.S. and China. Sure, there’s still a war going on, and the impasse in the Gulf shows no signs of ending as the U.S. and Iran fail to reach a peace agreement.

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A rally in tech stocks lost steam as Wall Street awaited the April consumer inflation report, expected to provide clues tp how the war in Iran is affecting the economy and where Federal Reserve interest rates may be headed.

A rally in tech stocks lost steam as Wall Street awaited the April consumer inflation report, expected to provide clues tp how the war in Iran is affecting the economy and where Federal Reserve interest rates may be headed.

A rally in tech stocks lost steam as Wall Street awaited the April consumer inflation report, expected to provide clues tp how the war in Iran is affecting the economy and where Federal Reserve interest rates may be headed.

A rally in tech stocks lost steam as Wall Street awaited the April consumer inflation report, expected to provide clues tp how the war in Iran is affecting the economy and where Federal Reserve interest rates may be headed.

US stock futures rose as Wall Street awaited April's inflation report, which is expected to provide clues about how the war in Iran is affecting the economy and where Federal Reserve interest rates may be headed.

US stock futures rose as Wall Street awaited April's inflation report, which is expected to provide clues about how the war in Iran is affecting the economy and where Federal Reserve interest rates may be headed.

US stock futures rose as Wall Street awaited April's inflation report, which is expected to provide clues about how the war in Iran is affecting the economy and where Federal Reserve interest rates may be headed.

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The major indexes rose slightly Monday as AI and chips shrugged off higher oil prices as Trump said Iran ceasefire "on life support."

Oil prices rose as the war with Iran threatens to drag on, but U.S. stocks nevertheless inched to more records. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil climbed 2.9% to top $104 Monday after President Donald Trump said the U.S.-Iran ceasefire was on life support after he rejected Iran’s latest proposal to end their war. The Dow rose 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.1% to its own record.