Wall Street marches higher with Apple, lower rate-hike odds

Apple rose as much as 3.3 percent, giving the three major indexes their biggest boost after saying that the first stock of its iPhone 7 Plus was sold out globally. Data showed retail sales and industrial activity fell more than expected in August. The data followed a slowdown in job growth and a slump in manufacturing activity for the month and further cut the odds of the Federal Reserve raising rates at its meeting next week.