- Stocks end higher despite December inflation data.
- Headline inflation hits 7%, the highest since 1982, while core CPI jumps to 5.5%.
- Oil prices reach pre-Omicron levels after API reports 1 million barrel decline in domestic crude stocks
- Biogen stock slumps as Medicare limit coverage for key Alzheimer’s treatment.
- Take-Two stocks gains as BMO touts mobile revenue potential from $12.7 billion Zynga takeover
- Benchmark 10-year note yields hold at 1.73%
Updated at 4:13 pm EST.
Stocks finished higher Wednesday as investors digested a key reading of December inflation that showed the fastest surge in consumer prices in nearly four decades.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 38 points, or 0.11%, to 36,290, while the S&P 500 gained 0.28%, and the tech-focused Nasdaq rose 0.23%.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yields eased to 1.73% following the CPI data.
However, with the headline reading of 7% largely matching Wall Street’s forecasts, and investors predicting a near-term peak for core-price increases, stocks extended gains following the data release.
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