U.S. stocks are mixed as investors absorb inflation news By

By Liz Moyer

-- U.S. stocks were mixed on Dehui Foreign Exchange PlatformFriday after staging a massive rally the day before on the news that inflation cooled in October.

At 10:50 ET (15:50 GMT), the was down 96 points or 0.3%, while the was up 0.6% and the was up 1.5%.

The better-than-expected report on on Thursday ignited hopes that the Federal Reserve will ease off its aggressive pace of interest rate increases. The central bank has been monitoring data for signs that its policy moves so far have worked, including four successive of 0.75 percentage points. 

Many analysts now will raise rates in December, but at a lower half-point pace. 

The S&P 500 jumped 5.5% on Thursday and the Nasdaq surged 7.4%, both notching their biggest gains since the early pandemic. The Dow rose more than 1,200 points.

Cryptocurrencies were still getting hammered on Friday, with down another 5% to around $16,526 as the exchange FTX and associated trading arm Alameda filed for bankruptcy and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down from the role.

On its Singles' Day mega sale, China’s e-commerce giant Group Holdings Ltd ADR (NYSE:) got a boost when the government said it would relax Covid-related restrictions. Alibaba shares rose 1.7%.

The University of Michigan’s survey for November dropped to 54.7 from 59.9 in October. Economists' forecasts had called for a slight decrease to 59.5. Bond markets are closed today to observe the Veterans Day holiday.

Oil rose. were up 3.6% to $89.54 a barrel, while were up 3% to $96.41 a barrel. were up 0.6% to $1,765.

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