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Investors were in wait-and-see mode on Thursday. There's a lot riding on the looming wholesale inflation report.

Economists expect the data to show producer prices rose at a rate of 4.9% last month, according to a FactSet poll. That would be cooler than June's 5.5% increase.

The market wants some evidence that price pressures are easing ahead of the Federal Reserve's mid-September policy decision. As of Thursday, traders were pricing in a 64% chance that the central bank hikes interest rates and a 36% chance that it holds them steady, according to the CME Fedwatch tool.