Wall Street eked out a marginal gain despite the continued retreat of tech stocks, while the ASX is priced to open higher. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.

Wall Street eked out a marginal gain despite the continued retreat of tech stocks, while the ASX is priced to open higher. Follow the day's events and insights from our business…

The big focus locally is the consumer price index and what it will mean for interest rates. Globally, chipmaker stocks have been dumped, but the Dow rose on Wall Street. Follow…