S&P 500 Keeps Record Momentum Alive Despite Strong PPI Data

A worker assembles window latches at a manufacturing facility in Pella, Iowa.

Photographer: Sergio Flores/Bloomberg

US stocks managed to overcome a hotter-than-expected wholesale inflation reading on Thursday to notch another record high.

The S&P 500 Index closed the session little changed, but with a slight gain to extend the record run. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq 100 Index closed down 0.1%.