4:20 pm : What was shaping up to be a respectable bounce after several days of consolidation created a sense that stocks were oversold on a short-term basis lost steam going into the close as inflation fears returned. The Dow�failed to reclaim some of the 4.1% it has lost since topping out at a five-year high on May 5th. The Nasdaq fared even worse, relinquishing a 1.2% intraday which would have brought the index close to breakeven for the year before closing at a new six-month low.
Before the bell, stocks regained some upside traction as investors came to the
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