Wall St Rises as Investors Await Inflation Data, Fed Cuts

Wall Street's three major indexes closed higher Monday as investors looked for bargains after the previous week's sell-off while they also waited for inflation reports in coming days and the Federal Reserve's next policy decision next week. Investors had fled from equities last week when Friday's weaker-than-expected August jobs data followed weak manufacturing data on Tuesday, driving the Nasdaq Composite's biggest weekly loss since January 2022, and the S&P 500's biggest weekly decline since March 2023. Along with jitters about the U.S. economy's health investors have been contending with uncertainty...