NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is holding near its records on Wednesday following a surprisingly encouraging report on inflation and a stunning forecast for growth from Oracle because of the artificial-intelligence boom.

The S&P 500 added 0.1% and was on track to set an all-time high for a second straight day . The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 280 points, or 0.6%, with a little more than half an hour remaining in trading, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.2% lower after both likewise set records the day before.

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