It's the middle of the week, but stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) still have a lot of work left to do. Catalysts hosts Seana Smith and Brad Smith report on the top market stories in Wednesday's first full trading hour.

The Catalysts team welcomes Siebert Chief Investment Officer Mark Malek to expand upon the equity market's reaction to August's Consumer Price Index (CPI) print.

UBS Global Wealth Management Co-Lead of ElectionWatch Tom McLoughlin joins the program to talk about the takeaways from the first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, explaining his reasoning for why he finds Trump to be an "unusual candidate."

From the Goldman Sachs Communacopia & Technology Conference, Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi sits down with AT&T (T) CEO John Stankey to talk about the telecom giant's infrastructure plans and convergence strategy for 5G and fiber networks.

Other top trending stocks on the Yahoo Finance platform include Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Starbucks (SBUX), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B, BRK-A), and Bank of America (BAC).

This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.