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Inflation Relief Halts Market Bloodletting: S&P 500 and Dow Hold Firm as Tech Slump Persists
NEW YORK – After a harrowing session that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average surrender its hard-won 50,000 milestone, Wall Street found a fragile floor on Friday, February 13, 2026. An encouraging inflation update provided the necessary cooling effect to a market that had been boiling over with anxiety just