Stock Market Stretches Losing Streak As Oil Prices, Treasury Yields Climb; Key Inflation Data Next

Investors swept the stock market’s large-cap indexes into a third consecutive loss Wednesday, with sentiment hurt by rising oil prices and borrowing costs, as gauged by Treasury yields. Equities dropped ahead of key inflation data that could impact next week’s Federal Reserve interest-rate decision. Stocks struggled Wednesday as the conflict between the U.S. and Iran drove Brent oil, the international…