Stock market today: Dow leads S&P 500, Nasdaq higher as CPI inflation, jobless claims data sets stage for Fed

US stocks rose on Thursday as the latest reading on inflation showed consumer prices ticked up in August and jobless claims rose to their highest level in nearly four years, helping set expectations for the pace of interest rate cuts this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) led stocks higher, rising over 1%, or around 500 points. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose over 0.6%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) gained around 0.5%, on the heels of a muted but record-setting session on Wednesday. ...