(Bloomberg) -- US stocks held near a record high on mounting optimism around the artificial intelligence trade and as traders dialed back expectations for Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes. Crude oil trimmed an earlier advance.

US stock markets closed higher on Wednesday, driven by strong AI infrastructure company earnings. Mild inflation data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold…

(Bloomberg) -- Global stocks headed for a third weekly gain as investors returned to the artificial intelligence trade and cooling US inflation bolstered bets that the Federal…