Wall Street ends lower as retailers stoke inflation fears
- Wall Street benchmarks ended Wednesday lower on inflation fears and supply chain concerns stemming from retailers' earnings, with investors betting the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates sooner than expected to tame rising prices.$Target Corp$ was the latest big-name retailer to report positive results, upping its annual forecasts and beating profit expectations, citing an early start to holiday shopping.But shares of the firm fell 4.7%, tracking declines in those of peer $Walmart$ on
Wall Street shakes off Amazon, Apple weakness to end modestly higher
* $Apple$, Amazon fall on dismal holiday-quarter forecast. * $Microsoft$ tops Apple as the most valuable U.S. public company. The S&P 500 had fallen as much as 0.65% earlier in the day. The benchmark index advanced 1.3% for the week, its fourth straight weekly climb, marking its longest weekly streak of gains since April. For the month, the S&P rose 6.9%, its biggest monthly rise since November 2020.The Dow rose 0.4% for the week while the Nasdaq gained 2.7%, also marking four straight weekly ga