NEW YORK, United States — World stock indexes struggled for inspiration Friday as investors remained cautious after heavy selling of companies seen vulnerable to AI deployment and concerns about tech sector valuations more broadly. A lower-than-expected US consumer inflation reading, meanwhile, modestly improved the outlook for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts “as investors increasingly envision a trio of rate cuts by year-end,” said a note from Interactive Brokers economist Jose Torres. READ: US consumer inflation eases more than expected to lowest since May “But it’s been a bumpy ride for equities today, as bulls and bears wrestle with the tailwinds of […]... Keep on reading: Stocks sluggish as AI disruption worries move to fore