Major U.S. stock benchmarks remained down for the month on Wednesday, after a choppy trading session ended with mixed results as investors weighed the latest.
The S&P 500 consumer discretionary index climbed 0.9%, lifted as Ford Motor rallied 1.5% on the vehicle maker s plans to double the production of its hybrid F-150 pickup trucks in 2024.
Wall Street s main indexes gained on
Wednesday as data showing a moderate increase in consumer prices
in August cemented bets the Federal Reserve could leave interest
rates unchanged in September. .
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Stocks on Wall Street ended mixed on
Wednesday as data showing a moderate increase in consumer prices
in August cemented expectations that the Federal Reserve will
leave interest rates unchanged in.