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Wall Street heads for gains after oil prices ease and inflation update comes in near expectations

U.S. stocks appear to be heading for gains as oil prices give back some of the week’s big spurt. Futures were up 0.7% for the S&P 500 index, 0.7% for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and 0.8% for the Nasdaq 100 index, with a little less than an hour before trading is set to begin on Friday. They got some help from easing oil prices, which spurted earlier…

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution· Sep 11, 1:22 PMWall Street heads for gains after oil prices ease and inflation update comes in near expectations

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