By Sinéad Carew and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -All three major U.S. stock indexes closed higher on Wednesday with a boost from the technology sector offsetting investor disappointment at an early morning inflation report,

As of September 12, interest rate traders heavily favored 25 bps of cuts – but they were somewhat less certain about it than they had been 24 hours earlier. Odds stood at 73%, down from 86% the previous day, according to CME Group's FedWatch Tool. Meanwhile, the probability of a half-point cut rose to 27% from 14%.

Wall Street’s storied commercial real-estate lending machine has been running at full tilt since early summer, helping ease some of the pain of a debt hangover created a decade ago. Lower rates stemming from falling Treasury yields have been the driving force of the lending action,

Wall Street's three major indexes gained more than 1% on Monday as investors looked for bargains after the previous week's sell-off while they also waited for inflation reports in coming days and the Federal Reserve's next policy decision next week.

Wall Street treaded water and gold surged to a record high on Thursday as investors awaited a Federal Reserve interest rate cut next week. Major U.S. stock indexes floated

The S&P 500 index closed higher today with a boost from the technology sector offsetting investor disappointment at the early morning inflation report, which crushed hopes the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates by 50 basis points next week.

The S&P 500 index regained ground on Wednesday with a boost from the technology sector offsetting investor disappointment at the early morning inflation report, which crushed hopes the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates by 50 basis points next week.