--- title: "US Stocks Mostly Flat; Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge Rises By 3.7% In July" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/297059906.md" description: "US stocks traded mixed with the S&P 500 up 0.1%, while industrials rose and healthcare fell. The PCE price index increased 3.7% year-over-year in July, exceeding forecasts. GDP grew 1.5% in Q2, personal income rose 0.4%, and core PCE remained at 3.3%. European and Asian markets mostly closed higher." datetime: "2026-08-26T14:00:50.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/297059906.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/297059906.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/297059906.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # US Stocks Mostly Flat; Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge Rises By 3.7% In July U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the S&P 500 gaining around 0.1% on Wednesday. Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded down 0.02% to 53,564.62 while the NASDAQ slipped 0.02% to 26,145.43. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.05% to 7,680.98. **Leading and Lagging Sectors** Industrials shares jumped by 1.1% on Wednesday. In trading on Wednesday, health care stocks fell by 0.8%. **Top Headline** The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index, rose by 3.7% year-over-year in July, against economist forecasts of 3.6%, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Wednesday. On a monthly basis, the PCE edged up by 0.2%, accelerating from June’s 0.1% contraction and above estimates of 0.1%. The annual core PCE rate – which excludes volatile items such as energy and food – came in at 3.3%, unchanged from both the previous and expected 3.3%. **Equities Trading UP** - **Cre8 Enterprise Ltd (**NASDAQ:CRE) shares shot up 145% to $6.29 after the company reported a year-over-year increase in the number of customers served in H1 2026. - Shares of **Expion360 Inc** (NASDAQ:XPON) got a boost, surging 64% to $8.66 after dropping 15% on Tuesday. Expion360 recently announced a $3.425 million acquisition of Eastern Louisiana Oil ans Gas Exploration Prospect. - **YY Group Holding Ltd (**NASDAQ:YYGH) shares were also up, gaining 58% to $1.82 after the company announced a supplemental agreement canceling its $5.94 million Second Convertible Note Tranche and Warrants. **Equities Trading DOWN** - **Greenland Mines Ltd (**NASDAQ:GRML) shares dropped 44% to $5.40 after the company announced a proposed public offering. - Shares of **Wetour Robotics Ltd (**NASDAQ:WETO) were down 30% to $19.70 after the company announced it entered into an agreement with Rodman & Renshaw to sell up to $75 million of shares. - **Netcapital Inc** (NASDAQ:NCPL) was down, falling 27% to $0.42 after jumping over 126% on Tuesday. **Commodities** In commodity news, oil traded down 1.3% to $81.27 while gold traded down 0.4% at $4,677.40. Silver traded down 0.5% to $68.370 on Wednesday, while copper fell 0.6% to $6.6740. **Euro zone** European shares were higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.3%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index rose 0.4%, London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.2%, Germany’s DAX gained 0.5%, while France’s CAC 40 rose 0.6%. **Asia Pacific Markets** Asian markets closed mostly higher on Wednesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 gaining 0.62%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rising 0.56%, China’s Shanghai Composite rising 0.59% and India’s BSE Sensex falling 0.24%. **Economics** - The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index, rose by 3.7% year-over-year in July, against economist forecasts of 3.6%, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Wednesday. - U.S. gross domestic product rose at a 1.5% annualized rate in the second quarter, matching forecasts. - Personal income rose $115.1 billion, or 0.4% on the month, double the 0.2% economists expected and twice June’s pace. - Personal spending was up 0.2%, rising to $36.3 billion in July. - U.S. durable goods orders climbed by 1.1% month-over-month to $339.3 billion in July. - The volume of mortgage applications declined by 1% in the third week of August. *Photo via Shutterstock* ### Related Stocks - [.SPX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.SPX.US.md) - [VOO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/VOO.US.md) - [SPY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SPY.US.md) - [IVV.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/IVV.US.md) - [SPLG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SPLG.US.md) - [SPXL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SPXL.US.md) - [UPRO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/UPRO.US.md) - [SSO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SSO.US.md) - [SH.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SH.US.md) - [SPXS.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SPXS.US.md) - [SPXU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SPXU.US.md) - [SDS.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SDS.US.md) - [SPYI.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SPYI.US.md) - [JEPI.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/JEPI.US.md) - [XYLD.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XYLD.US.md) - [.DJI.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.DJI.US.md) - [.IXIC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.IXIC.US.md) - [CRE.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/CRE.US.md) - [XPON.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XPON.US.md) - [YYGH.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/YYGH.US.md) - [GRML.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GRML.US.md) - [WETO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/WETO.US.md) - [NCPL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NCPL.US.md) - [00HSI.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/00HSI.HK.md) - [GRMLW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GRMLW.US.md) - [NCPLW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NCPLW.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Futures Pointing To Roughly Flat Open On Wall Street](https://longbridge.com/en/news/297789917.md) - [Is Prologis Stock Outperforming the S&P 500?](https://longbridge.com/en/news/297792771.md) - [BUZZ-Pinterest drops as finance chief to step down](https://longbridge.com/en/news/297487463.md) - [U.S. Stocks Moving Mostly Higher Following Recent Weakness](https://longbridge.com/en/news/297807427.md) - [BOE chief warns G20 of AI threats to financial stability, equity markets](https://longbridge.com/en/news/297486755.md) --- > **Disclaimer: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.**