Most U.S. stocks rose Tuesday following an encouraging update on inflation, though drops for Eli Lilly and other influential stocks kept indexes in check. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% as three out of every four stocks in the index climbed.

The major indexes rose Tuesday on lower-than-expected December producer price index numbers. Palantir looks to end a losing streak.

Investors are weighing what a reported gradual rollout of Trump tariff hikes could mean for inflation and the Fed.

Investors are gearing up for December's crucial consumer price index to determine the direction of Fed policy.

Stock-market investors are turning jittery over something which has apparently happened only two times in the bond market since the early 1980s: The 10-year Treasury yield has jumped by about as much as the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates over the same period of time.