NEW YORK (Reuters) -A gauge of global stocks fell for a second straight session on Wednesday and longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields rose in choppy trading as investors assessed the latest U.S. inflation data and the path of interest rates from the Federal Reserve.

Stock futures were lower prior to the data. Aggressive buying came into stocks after the data. Buying is aggressive in Trump linked stocks such as Tesla Inc TSLA. Bitcoin was pulling back before CPI was released. Aggressive buying came in after the release of the data.

Asian stocks slumped on Wednesday as a sharp rise in U.S. bond yields unnerved investors ahead of key inflation data that could inform the pace of Federal Reserve policy easing. Short-term Treasury yields edged up after jumping to the highest since late July on Tuesday as the market reopened after the Veterans Day holiday,

U.S. stock futures cut losses, while the dollar retreated on Wednesday, after data showed U.S. inflation continued to slow as expected last month, helping firm up traders' conviction that the Federal Reserve may cut rates again in December.

U.S. inflation ticked higher in October, but stable core price pressures and tame month-on-month gains prompted a sigh of relief on Wall Street and likely supported bets for an end-of-year interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve.