The stock market’s rally stalled on Thursday after new data showed factory-gate inflation picking up, introducing fresh question marks over the outlook for interest rates. Major indexes finished mixed and near the flatline after investors bought the shares of big technology and financial companies and sold smaller stocks that had surged earlier in the week.

U.S. wholesale inflation surged unexpectedly last month, signaling that President Donald Trump's sweeping taxes on imports are pushing costs up and that higher prices for consumers may be