Stock market today: Wall Street barely budges ahead of inflation report
Stocks are barely budging on Wall Street as markets wait for a key report on inflation
NEW YORK — Stocks barely budged on Wall Street Thursday as markets wait for a key report on inflation.
The S&P 500 was mostly unchanged and stocks in the benchmark index were roughly split between gainers and losers. The index is hovering near the all-time high it set last week.
The Nasdaq rose 0.1% and is just below its all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 52 points, or 0.1%, as of 11:06 a.m. Eastern.
Walgreens Boosts Alliance plunged 24.7% for the biggest drop in the S&P 500. It reported results that fell shy of forecasts and cut its outlook. The company said it could close hundreds more stores in the next three years.
Jeans maker Levi Strauss plunged 16.6% after its latest quarterly revenue results fell short of analysts' expectations, along with its current earnings forecast for the year.
Spice maker McCormick rose 5.8% for one of the biggest gains in the market after beating analysts’ earnings forecasts.
Treasury yields fell in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury slipped to 4.28% from 4.33% late Wednesday. The yield on the two-year Treasury fell to 4.70% from 4.75%.
An update from the government said the American economy expanded at a 1.4% annual pace from January through March. The figure is a slight revision from a prior estimate of 1.3%. It marks the slowest quarterly growth since spring 2022.
The report also backed data from previous economic reports that show consumers are getting squeezed by persistent inflation and high interest rates. Consumer spending, which has been fueling economic growth, grew at just a 1.5% rate, down from an initial estimate of 2%, according to the report.
The slowdown
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