Barclays PLC BARC shares inched down 0.26% to £2.65 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.07% to 8,251.03. Supported by world-class markets data from Dow Jones and FactSet,

Wall Street struggles as positive economic data pressures stocks. Rising bond yields, spurred by robust job market and business activity reports, challenge Big Tech and interest rate expectations.