Stocks Halt Rally at Start of Key Inflation Week: Markets Wrap

  • Nvidia is hit with China probe in global tech war escalation
  • Oppenheimer’s Stoltzfus is top S&P 500 bull with 7,100 target

Investors are readying themselves this week for a final flurry of central bank decisions across four continents.

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Stocks retreated after a rally that put the market on pace for its best year since 2019, with traders awaiting key inflation data that will help shape the outlook for Federal Reserve rates.

The S&P 500 dropped from nearly overbought technical levels, following a series of all-time highs. Nvidia Corp. slid as China opened a probe over suspicions the giant US chipmaker broke anti-monopoly laws around a 2020 deal. Meantime, Chinese stocks that are listed in the US staged a sharp rally as top leaders in Beijing used their most direct language yet on providing monetary easing and boosting domestic consumption.