The S&P 500 added 0.3% on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, posting a record closing high for the second straight day after mellow inflation data raised rate-cut expectations.

TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist Stocks rose around the world on Wednesday, and bond yields and the dollar fell, as comments from U.S.

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U.S. stocks are ticking higher after a rally spurred by hopes for lower U.S. interest rates wrapped around the world. The S&P ...

Tuesday's data arrives at a highly-charged moment for the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics, which collects and ...

Gold rose on Wednesday, lifted by a weaker dollar and falling Treasury yields, as mild U.S. inflation data cemented ...

Fire the economists. Sue the Fed chair. Meddle in private businesses. Consider suspending economic reports. Demand fealty.

Dow Jones Top Markets Headlines at 7 AM ET: Global Equities Markets Rise After U.S. Inflation Data | IEA ... U.S. stock futures were slightly higher early in Europe after Tuesday's inflation reading ...

Wall Street "fear gauges" are plunging, with the VIX index measuring one-month implied volatility in the S&P500 plumbing its ...