Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on KLA . And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga. Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with KLAC,...

Today, we got the August Consumer Price Index (CPI) report which showed an overall increase of 2.5% for the last year and 0.3% for the month. That's below last month's 2.9% and consistent with expectations. The 0.3% monthly increase was above the 0.2% expected, and a bigger increase than last month's 0.2%. The Core CPI which excludes food and energy...

03:42 PM EDT, 09/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were mixed late Wednesday afternoon with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) dropping 1% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) rising 0.6%. In corporate news, Rentokil Initial ( RTO ) shares tumbled 21% after the company cut its North American organic revenue growth guidance to 1%...

03:42 PM EDT, 09/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks declined late Wednesday afternoon with the NYSE Energy Sector Index decreasing 0.2% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) shedding 0.7%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector index rose 0.7%, while the Dow Jones US Utilities index fell 0.3%. US crude oil stocks, including those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, rebounded...