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  • Stocks inched higher Wednesday as investors read through the latest Fed minutes.
  • Central bankers remained mostly hawkish on their approach to inflation at the last policy meeting. 
  • Investors are eyeing the September CPI report due out on Thursday morning. 

US stocks rose on Wednesday as investors digested the latest minutes of September's Federal Reserve meeting and looked ahead for the September Consumer Price Index report, which is set to roll out Thursday morning.

Major indexes ended the day mostly flat, though the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite finished slightly in the green.