This article will be updated throughout the day, so check back often for more daily updates. As markets prepare to open for trading Friday, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) looks mostly flat — maybe up a basis point or three depending on when you look.

Investors react to Wednesday's weaker-than-expected producer-price index for August as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq eke out small gains to finish at new records.

Oil prices dropped hard, as West Texas Intermediate futures fell 2% to around $62.40 a barrel. At the session low, light sweet crude futures plunged to $62.28. Natural gas fell more than 2%, but gold was off only 0.1% at $3,677 per ounce.

The consumer-price index for August released this morning. It's the latest insight into the direction of inflation before the Fed meets next week on interest rates. Follow along for live updates on the Dow,

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The Dow dropped 0.5% at the closing bell, with Apple AAPL and Amazon AMZN losing more than 3% each. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 rose 0.3% to a record close, drawing strength from Oracle's stock, which added more than a third to the company's market cap.

Elon Musk was briefly usurped as the richest person on the planet overnight after Oracle’s share price boomed on Wednesday - with co-founder Larry Ellison’s stake in the firm making his personal net worth more than that of the Tesla CEO.

Sensex and Nifty50 are poised for a higher start after Trump said that India and America are continuing trade talks