I am bringing listeners a concise wrap on United States stocks for Tuesday, August twelve, two thousand twenty five. According to Bloomberg in late afternoon New York trading, the Standard and Poor’s five hundred rose about one point one percent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained roughly one point one percent, and the Nasdaq one hundred advanced about one point three percent, with the move driven by cooler consumer price index data that reinforced expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut in September. According to Bloomberg, the consumer price index print eased rate anxiety and helped push the Standard and Poor’s five hundred toward record territory, while Treasury yields dipped and the United States dollar softened.

According to Charles Schwab’s morning update, July consumer price index rose zero point two percent month over month and core consumer price index rose zero point three percent month over month, while annual core consumer price index ticked up to three point one percent. Schwab noted that hopes for a September policy rate cut remained intact despite the firmer annual core reading. Schwab also pointed out recent defensive leadership, with consumer staples holding up and information technology showing some giveback coming into the report.

Sector wise, according to Charles Schwab, defensives such as consumer staples were recent relative winners, while information technology lagged earlier in the week, though the inflation relief bid later lifted growth groups alongside broader indexes. Market breadth improved into the close as rate sensitive segments, including parts of real estate and small caps, firmed.

In most active trading and the biggest movers, liquidity centered in large technology and artificial intelligence leaders, with earnings and guidance chatter adding momentum, while some commodity tied names eased with West Texas Intermediate crude oil around sixty three United States dollars and forty six cents per barrel, per Charles Schwab. The main market moving event today was the consumer price index release; no other major surprises hit the tape.

Looking ahead, pre market futures earlier indicated a cautious positive bias into the consumer price index, per Charles Schwab, and attention now turns to tomorrow’s producer price index and weekly jobless claims, which could influence rate cut odds. Also watch upcoming mega cap technology earnings and retail results later this week as potential catalysts for sentiment and sector rotation.

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