
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) traded lower by 0.7% on Wednesday morning ahead of a critical consumer price index (CPI) inflation reading on Thursday morning.
Economists are expecting the U.S. Labor Department to report 8% CPI inflation in October, down from 8.2% in September and a peak of 9.1% in June. Economists are also projecting core CPI inflation, which excludes volatile energy and food prices, gained 6.5% in October, down from 6.6% in the previous month.