In the U.S., the S&P 500 closed at a record 6,118.72 points on Thursday, up 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.9% to 44,565.26, while the NASDAQ Composite edged up 0.2%. Investors ...

Japan’s annual rate of consumer price inflation accelerated to 3.0 percent in December from 2.7 percent the month before, government data showed Friday. The core Consumer Price Index (CPI), which ...

Surging automobile insurance costs in MD and elsewhere around the country contributed to the annual inflation rate of 2.73 percent.