Wall Street is taking a pause after running to the brink of a record following some mixed profit reports from big U.S. companies. The S&P 500 was flat in early trading Friday and hovering around the all-time high it set last month.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped today alongside the release of the January Consumer Price Index (CPI) report. That’s due to

Markets on Wall Street were largely unchanged early Thursday, shifting between small losses and gains as more corporate earnings streamed in ahead of the latest labor market data.

Most U.S. stocks fell Wednesday after a report showed inflation is unexpectedly worsening for Americans. The S&P 500 dropped 0.3%, though it had been on track for a much worse loss of 1.1% at the start of trading.

The S&P 500 was 0.9% lower in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 418 points, or 0.9%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.8% lower. The pain on Wall Street was widespread, and everything from AI darling Nvidia to staid utilities like Duke Energy to bitcoin fell.

NEW YORK — Most U.S. stocks fell Wednesday after a report showed inflation is unexpectedly worsening for Americans. The Standard & Poor’s 500 dropped 0.3%, though it had been on track for a much worse loss of 1.1% at the start of trading. The Dow Jones industrial average sank 0.5%, while the Nasdaq composite edged higher by less than 0.1%.

Wall Street held relatively firm following President Donald Trump’s latest tariff escalation and after the Federal Reserve hinted interest rates may not change for a while.