Stock Market Trips With Nasdaq Making Key Test Before CPI Report; Apple Shines

Sellers had the upper hand again in the stock market Thursday as copper stocks sold off sharply, while selling resumed in several AI infrastructure and chip stocks in the Nasdaq-100. The Russell 2000 small-cap index lagged again by declining 1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 each closed lower by 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite pulled back by…