Update: US Equity Indexes Rise as Cooling Inflation Eases Interest-Rate Pressure on Tech While IBM Sell-Off Restrains Dow
() -- (Updates with index/price moves, macroeconomic data, and geopolitical news from the first paragraph.) US equity indexes closed higher on Tuesday after the steepest slide in inflation in more than six years helped lift the Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500, while a sharp sell-off in IBM (IBM) anchored the Dow Jones