stocks finished higher for the first time in three weeks with the morningstar us market index gaining 386 all sectors closed higher for the week with consumer cyclical and basic materials leading the advance energy stocks lagged after a volatile week due to declining oil and gas prices the biggest gainers included software companies whose results beat earnings shares of companies in the solar energy space bounced back from their losses for the week ending sept 2 chinese adr stocks led in losses among the uslisted companies covered by morningstar analysts looking ahead the latest consumer price index report will be released sept 13 inflation rose 85 for the 12month period ending in july down from 91 in june economists expect august’s numbers to continue that downward trend with mean estimates of inflation declining to 81 over the last 12 months according to factset august may also bring the first decline on a monthly basis for inflation since november 2020 as economists estimate the cpi fell 01 in august from july   all sectors rose with consumer cyclical stocks up 580 and basic materials which gained 526 as the best performers   yields on the us 10year treasury rose to 332 from 320   of the 861 uslisted companies covered by morningstar 758 or 88 were up and 103 or 12 declined what stocks are up the bestperforming stocks were zscaler zs regeneron pharmaceuticals regn lyft lyft coinbase global coin and coupa software coup regeneron pharmaceuticals soared following the latest results from its clinical trials of eylea a drug used to treat eye diseases cybersecurity firm zscaler gained after posting earnings results that topped both revenue and earnings pershare estimates coupa software a business spend management solutions provider rose following results that morningstar equity analyst julie bhusal sharma described as a wellrounded earnings beat’’ solar companies and other firms set to benefit from the inflation reduction act bounced back from their losses in late august with sunrun run sunpower spwr and chargepoint chpt up what stocks are down the worstperforming stocks were bilibili bili sonic automotive sah vnet group vnet equinor eqnr and tencent holdings tcehy chinese adr stocks fell with video sharing site bilibili and data center operator vnet group among the biggest decliners shares of tencent holdings closed the week down lower oil and gas prices contributed to a decline in energy stocks wti crude oil had a volatile week ending at 8679 after falling to a closinglow of 8194 on wednesday and natural gas prices fell more than 13 equinor occidental petroleum oxy and pattersonuti energy pten were among the worst performers in the group