us stock indexes rose in the final hour of trade on wednesday with nasdaq composite attempting to log its longest winning streak since september 12 according to dow jones market data investors await thursdays inflation report which is due at 830 am eastern and may determine the size of the federal reserves next interest rate increase in february the headline inflation is expected to rise 65 year over year while the core price measure that strips out volatile food and fuel costs is forecast to rise 03 from the previous month or 57 from a year ago the nasdaq composite comp jumped 15 while the sp 500 spx rose 11 and the dow jones industrial average djia advanced 07