DEBORAH AMOS, host: NPR's business news starts with steadier global markets.</s>DEBORAH AMOS, host: And some good news. Share prices rose on Wall Street this morning. Major indices were up 1 percent or more as oil prices fell. The price of light sweet crude for August delivery fell more than $6 a barrel. It was trading at just over $132 in New York. Officials reported a spike in U.S. crude oil supplies. But the government reported a sharp rise in inflation. Consumer prices were up in June.
Deborah Amos has this morning's business news.