Stock Market Today: Stocks Keep Climbing on Interest-Rate Optimism

Stocks continued to climb Friday, boosted by hope that Thursday’s inflation data, which showed a slower-than-expected rise in consumer prices last month, could have the Fed easing back on rate hikes sooner rather than later. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.9% to 11,323, while the broader S&P 500 Index rose 0.9% to 3,992 – building on…