Inflation warnings this week from the United States and other major economies have been a top concern for investors, especially due to the lack of market-moving catalysts as the third-quarter earnings season wraps up. Other mega-cap technology and communications stocks including Google-owner Alphabet Inc GOOGL.O, Microsoft Corp MSFT.O, Meta Platforms Inc FB.O, formerly known as Facebook, Apple Inc AAPL.O and Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O rose between 0.3% and 0.8%. Shares of big banks JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.N and Bank of America BAC.N, as well as industrials Boeing Co BA.N and Caterpillar Inc CAT.N, also moved higher.