The Labor Department's producer prices (PPI) report showed inflation continues to gather heat as ongoing goods and labor supply challenges send price growth further beyond the U.S. Federal Reserve's average annual 2% inflation target. The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 113.66 points, or 0.31%, to 36,318.56. General Electric Co GE.N surged following the 129-year-old industrial conglomerate's announcement that it would split into three separate public companies to simplify its business.