Markets Sell Off -0.5% to -1.8% Ahead of Inflation Rate Thursday
Key Takeaways The AI Trade Was Taken Down a Peg Today, as Was TeslaMicron Up 5% After the Close on Excellent Q1 ReportOn Deck for Thursday: CPI Inflation, Weekly Jobless ClaimsWednesday, December 17, 2025Markets experienced a heavier sell-off today, after starting the session at the opening bell flat-to-up. By 11am or so, the Dow and the small-cap Russell were in negative territory; the Nasdaq and S&P 500 had already gotten there. The Dow closed -228 points, -0.47%, and it got off easy. The S&P 500, Nasdaq ...