read moreCore CPI, which excludes volatile food and fuel prices, gained 6.6% last month, compared with the estimates of a 6.5% rise.
FEDWATCHCyclical parts of the market, including the S&P 500 financials (.SPSY), energy (.SPNY) and materials (.SPLRCM) sector indexes, rose between 2% and 3%.
Big Wall Street banks will kick-off third-quarter reporting season on Friday, with investors awaiting to see how a high interest-rate environment would affect their profit.
Analysts expect profit for S&P 500 companies to have risen just 4.1% from a year ago, much lower than an 11.1% increase expected at the start of July, according to Refinitiv data.
read moreAdvancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 1.38-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 1.35-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.