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Trader Fred Demarco, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in New York.
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The U.S. stock market is holding steadier after an encouraging update on inflation helped calm a Wall Street that’s been wracked by worries about how AI may upend the business world. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Friday, a day after tumbling to one of its worst losses since Thanksgiving. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 89 points, and the Nasdaq composite was nearly unchanged. All three indexes drifted between modest gains and losses after a report said U.S. inflation at the consumer level slowed last month by more than economists expected. Treasury yields fell in the bond market.
