Azzad MarketWeek
Stocks notched a solid gain last week in a mega-cap, tech-led rally bolstered by positive inflation news.
Dow 40,000
The week began quietly as market averages traded in a tight range, awaiting fresh inflation news.
On Tuesday, markets rose steadily throughout the day after digesting a mixed wholesale inflation report.1
The next day, a cooler-than-expected Consumer Price Index (CPI) report sparked a broad-based rally as the upbeat news raised investors’ hopes for a rate cut. The Nasdaq Composite and Standard & Poor’s 500 (which ended above 5300 for the first time) closed the day up 1.4 percent and 1.2 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, the bellwether 10-year Treasury yield fell to 4.35 percent.2,3
Investors took a break as the week ended, mostly yawning at mixed economic data. Notably, the Dow closed just above 40,000 on Friday.
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