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Wall St blended ahead of financial information; CPI in focus

Wall Street stocks closed blended on Monday as investors braced for a variety of U.S. economic information this week, specifically customer costs, to gauge the outlook for Federal Reserve monetary policy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell. The benchmark S&P 500 index and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index closed greater.

Financiers are awaiting Wednesday's U.S. customer price index reading and seller incomes to evaluate need by buyers.

The CPI information is expected to show heading inflation accelerated 0.2% in July from June, however unchanged at 3% on a. year-on-year basis.

Money markets are uniformly banking on a 25- or 50-basis-point. cut in U.S. rates of interest in September, anticipating an overall. easing of 100 bps by the end 2024, CME's FedWatch Tool showed.

Figures for July U.S. retail sales on Thursday are likely to. show limited growth, and investors expect that any weak point in. the information could reignite worries of a customer downturn and a. potential recession.

Walmart and Home Depot are due to report. incomes later on today.

Retail earnings are another indicator on the health of the. customer especially in light of the unemployment rate ticking. up in the most current report, said James Abate, chief. investment officer at Centre Possession Management in New York.

One thing that might be a considerable frustration to the. market is if the CPI number comes out greater than agreement.

According to preliminary data, the S&P 500. gotten 1.63 points, or 0.03%, to end at 5,345.79 points,. while the Nasdaq Composite acquired 35.71 points, or. 0.21%, to 16,781.01. The Dow Jones Industrial Average. fell 137.00 points, or 0.35%, to 39,360.54.

Starbucks increased on reports that activist investor. Starboard Value, which holds a stake in the coffee giant, wants. the company to take steps to enhance its stock price.

KeyCorp leapt after Canada's Scotiabank. bought a minority stake in the U.S. regional lender in an. all-stock deal worth $2.8 billion. Hawaiian Electric fell. greatly after the utility company raised going concern doubts.

(source: Reuters)