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Stock market today: Wall Street climbs and heads for its first gain in 5 days

U.S. stock indexes are rising Wednesday after a four-day losing streak knocked Wall Street off its all-time high and threw some of its brightest stars into reverse. The Nasdaq composite, which was the prior day’s biggest loser, jumped 1.2%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 188 points, or 0.4%, as of 10:20 a.m. Eastern time. The stock market had been struggling following some weaker-than-expected reports on the economy, including a couple that showed U.S. households are getting more pessimistic about inflation and tariffs pushed by President Donald Trump.