Stock Market Today: Dow ends slightly lower, stocks eases back from record highs ahead of bank earnings
U.S. stocks logged a modest pullback Thursday, taking a breather from a rally that saw the Dow and S&P 500 ring up another round of record closes a day before. The retreat for equities came in the wake of slightly stickier inflation data for September and as investors gauged what sway that may have over the Federal Reserve's next interest-rate decision in November.