Shares of sporting goods retailers Foot Locker FL.N and Dick's Sporting Goods DKS.N added 4.1% and 2.1%, respectively. A Commerce Department report showed the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, considered to be the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, climbed 0.4% in August month-on-month, against estimates of a 0.5% rise. The yield on two-year and 10-year Treasury notes US2YT=RR, US10YT=RR declined, leading growth stocks including Apple AAPL.O, Microsoft MSFT.O, Tesla TSLA.O, Alphabet GOOGL.O, Amazon.com AMZN.O and Nvidia NVDA.O to advance between 1.3% and 3.0%.