Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of US price update, OPEC+ meeting - The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting in afternoon trading on Wall Street Thursday but remain on track for their best monthly gain in more than a year. The S&P 500 fell 0.3%, but remains up more than 8% in November. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 230 points, or 0.7%, to 35,662 as of 12:30 p.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq fell 0.8%. Treasury yields gained ground. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences mortgage rates, rose to 4.32% from 4.26% late Wednesday. The market has been marching steadily higher in recent weeks as investors hope the Federal Reserve is finally done raising interest rates, which fight inflation by slowing the economy. Those hopes got more support with a report that the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation cooled last month . November’s rally has also been driven largely by the technology sector, where several companies with high values tend to disproportionately impact the market. Microsoft is up 11.5% and Nvidia rose 15% for the month. Also, Tre...