Stock market today: Live updates

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 29, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Stocks rose Thursday, as hope over easing inflation and gains in tech helped Wall Street claw back more of this week’s losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 198 points, or 0.5%. The Nasdaq Composite climbed…

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In State of the Union address, Biden to urge Congress to pass measures to lower health care costs

President Biden plans to urge Congress to focus on cost-saving ideas for prescription drugs in his State of the Union address Thursday night, including capping out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for all Americans and allowing the federal government to negotiate the prices of widely used medications. These two proposals expand on actions taken in the 2022…

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