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U.S. stocks wavered Thursday as investors digested a hotter-than-expected producer price index reading for November.
The Dow Jones Industrial index gave back 42.62 points Thursday to 44,105.94.
The S&P 500 index dipped 7.78 points to 6,076.41
The tech-heavy NASDAQ let go of 38.89 points to 19,996.
Tech shares led the decline, with Nvidia losing more than 1%. Alphabet was also slightly lower.
Software giant Adobe declined more than 12% following the company’s weaker-than-expected 2025 outlook.
The producer price index, which tracks wholesale prices, increased 0.4% last month. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected a 0.2% increase on a monthly basis.
This follows November’s consumer price index report, which came in line with economists’ estimates and has prompted investors to anticipate another rate cut from the Federal Reserve at its policy meeting next week.
Fed funds futures trading data reflects a 98% likelihood that central bank policymakers will lower rates next week.
Prices for the 10-year Treasury sagged, raising yields to 4.30% from Wednesday’s 4.27%. Treasury prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Oil prices descended 17 cents to $70.12 U.S. a barrel.
Prices for gold settled $49.80 an ounce to $2,706.90 U.S.
