The stock market saw a surge on Wednesday morning as both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes reached record highs. However, they later retreated from those levels as investors analyzed the better-than-expected inflation report.
By midday Wednesday, the Dow had risen by 89 points, or 0.2%. The S&P 500 showed a gain of 1.1%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose by 1.7%.