text:  another fresh all-time closing high today for the nasdaq that's after stubbornly high inflation rose 2.7 percent in november from the same month a year ago which gives the federal reserve the okay to lower interest rates again when it meets next week at least that's what wall street thinks and the dow today ended lower though 99 points lower the s&p was up 49 and with shares of alphabet meta tesla nvidia and other tech giants seeing big gains the nasdaq shot up 348 points a one and three quarters percent jump