The week has seen the market meander as it searches for its next catalyst. One possible catalyst — an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve later this month — has been removed from the equation following sticky inflation reads.

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The Nasdaq rose to a record high on Thursday, leading a cautious climb across Wall Street's major indexes, as strong economic data lifted spirits and airline stocks took off on United Airlines' results.

In contrast, Wall Street’s nickname for a surging market is a bull market, because bulls charge. The S&P 500, Wall Street’s main barometer of health, was down 1.2% in Monday afternoon trading.

President Donald Trump sent the U.S. stock market on a jagged round trip after saying he had “talked about the concept of firing” the head of the Federal Reserve

Major Wall Street brokerages have withdrawn their expectations for a September interest rate cut by the Bank of England, as inflation remains sticky and the labour market resilient.