Wall Street Heads for Weekly Gains on Signs of Cooling Inflation

Wall Street Heads for Weekly Gains on Signs of Cooling Inflation
Traders work on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York, on Aug. 8, 2022. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)
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8/12/2022
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8/12/2022
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Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Friday, setting the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq for a fourth straight week of gains on easing bets of another super-sized interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve after softer-than-expected inflation data this week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 94.05 points, or 0.28 percent, at the open to 33,430.72. The S&P 500 opened higher by 17.75 points, or 0.42 percent, at 4,225.02, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 86.40 points, or 0.68 percent, to 12,866.31 at the opening bell.