Wall St ticks up as July inflation report keeps rate cuts on the table
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U.S. CPI rises as expected in July
Indexes up: Dow 0.03%, S&P 500 0.08%, Nasdaq 0.11%
Updated at 9:35 a.m. ET/1335 GMT
By Medha Singh and Shashwat Chauhan
Aug 14 (Reuters) -Wall Street's main indexes edged higher in choppy trading onWednesday after data showed inflation was moderating as expected, cementing wagers that the U.S. Federal Reserve was on track to start its policy easing cycle next month.
Labor Department data showed U.S. consumer prices rose 0.2% as expected in July, taking the headline inflation to 2.9% year-on-year from 3% in June, below economists' expectations of 3% growth.
"There is nothing in here that should prevent the Fed from proceeding with a rate cut in September," said David Doyle, head of economics at Macquarie.
Bets on a 25-basis point (bps) rate cut in the Fed's Sept. 17-18 meeting edged up, with traders now seeing a near 59% chance compared to an even split between a 25-bps and 50-bps before the data, as per the CME FedWatch Tool.
"We don't know whether it's going to be 25 or 50, but I don't think inflation's going to determine that. It's going to be the growth-oriented economic statistics, particularly the labor statistics and payrolls," said Jack McIntyre, portfolio manager at Brandywine Global.
Seven of the 11 major S&P 500 sectors were trading higher, with information technology .SPLRCT and financials .SPSY leading gains.
Both the S&P 500 .SPX and the Nasdaq .IXIC clocked their fourth straight session of gains on Tuesday following softer-than-expected producer prices data that indicated inflation continued to moderate, although it is yet to reach the U.S. central bank's 2% target.
A rebound in megacap and technology stocks have helped markets recoup most of their losses from a global market rout earlier this month that was partly caused by data showing a surge in U.S. unemployment rate in July.
At 09:35 a.m. ET, theDow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 10.79 points, or 0.03%, to 39,776.43, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 4.15 points, or 0.08%, to 5,438.58 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC gained 19.38 points, or 0.11%, to 17,206.98.
The Cboe volatility index .VIX, Wall Street's fear gauge, stayed below its long term average of 20 points for the second day at 17.47 afterhitting its highest since 2020 just last week.
AI stocks Nvidia NVDA.O, Super Micro SMCI.O and Dell DELL.N advanced early on, looking to continue their rally to the third straight session, while most megacapand growth stocks edged higher.
Google-parent Alphabet GOOGL.O slipped 1.5% after a media report said the U.S. Department of Justice is considering options that include breaking up the online search engine.
Kellanova K.N surged over 7% after family-owned candy giant Mars said it would buy the Cheez-It and Pringles maker in a nearly $36 billion deal.
Cardinal Health CAH.N gained 3.5% after the drug distributor raised its 2025 profit forecast.
TurboTax parent Intuit INTU.O slipped 1.8% after Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to "equal-weight" from "overweight".
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 2.09-to-1 ratio on the NYSE by a 1.37-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P 500 posted eight new 52-week highs and one new low, while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 24 new highs and 30 new lows.
Reporting by Medha Singh and Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel
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