Shares of Equifax Inc. EFX, +3.38% rallied 3.38% to $202.23 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.99% rising 1.99% to 4,057.84 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.61% rising 1.61% to 32,637.19. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of gains. Equifax Inc. closed $97.88 short of its 52-week high ($300.11), which the company achieved on December 13th.

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Apple Inc. is boosting pay for workers amid rising inflation, a tight labor market and unionization pushes among hourly store employees.

Shares of BlackSky Technology Inc. BKSY, +97.46% have nearly doubled in Wednesday trading after the geospatial-intelligence company announced that it nabbed a contract with the National Reconnaissance Office, a U.S. intelligence agency.

Shares of Agilent Technologies Inc. A, -3.24% slipped 3.24% to $120.38 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.95% rising 0.95% to 3,978.73 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.60% rising 0.60% to 32,120.28. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Agilent Technologies Inc. closed $59.19 below its 52-week high ($179.57), which the company reached on September 3rd.

Amazon, in the spotlight over working conditions and facing more than a dozen shareholder proposals, announced at its annual general meeting Wednesday that none of the resolutions passed.

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Nordstrom Inc. JWN, -3.59% shares jumped more than 20% at times in after-hours trading Tuesday after the retailer reported an unexpected profit and improving sales amid difficulties for rivals.

Shares of NextEra Energy Inc. NEE, +2.92% rose 2.92% to $74.67 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.15% rising 0.15% to 31,928.62 and the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.81% falling 0.81% to 3,941.48. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of gains. NextEra Energy Inc. closed $19.06 short of its 52-week high ($93.73), which the company achieved on December 31st.

Focusing on the monthly rate of change in the CPI shows prices falling from March to April