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Stock Market Today: Nasdaq 100 Rises on Strong AI Earnings, Benign Inflation

BenzingaAug 12, 2026, 5:14 PMPiero Cingari

AI‑infrastructure earnings lifted tech stocks and the Nasdaq 100, while a consensus‑matched CPI print cooled yields and trimmed September Fed hike odds.

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