Update: Benign Inflation, Upbeat Earnings Reports Help Lift Equities Intraday
Stocks_Chart market equity trading wall street -Shutterstock (Updates with latest market prices and developments.)US benchmark equity indexes were higher intraday as traders digested a benign consumer inflation report and the latest batch of corporate earnings.The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.6% at 26,609.2 after midday …