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TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets Investors breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday after U.S. inflation figures for February came in below forecasts, triggering a rebound in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq from six-month lows that should help put global markets on a firm footing on Thursday.