* Personal consumption expenditures price index rises 0.3% * Goods prices post largest gain since January * Core PCE inflation increases 0.3%; up 2.8% year-on-year * Consumer spending gains 0.3%; saving rate steady at 4.5% * Weekly jobless claims increase 1,000 to 218,000 By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. inflation increased in June as tariffs boosted prices...

12:25 PM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes traded mixed as Mag-7 stalwarts helped lift the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite while investors weighed the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation data a day after the September interest-rate cut failed to receive Chair Powell's blessings. The Nasdaq Composite rose 1% to 21,344.2 in midday trading on Thursday, after hitting...

11:35 AM EDT, 07/31/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were both up over 0.6% in late-morning trading Thursday, as tech stocks rallied on the back of solid earnings reports from Microsoft ( MSFT ) and Meta Platforms ( META ) . The personal consumption expenditures, or PCE, index rose by 0.3%, matching expectations of a survey...

* Indexes: Dow flat, S&P 500 0.45%, Nasdaq 0.8% * Microsoft ( MSFT ), Meta rise after blowout quarterly results * Applied Digital ( APLD ) soars as Q4 revenue beats on AI-driven demand (Updates with analyst comment, early afternoon prices) By Nikhil Sharma and Pranav Kashyap July 31 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and Nasdaq receded from record highs...