New Delhi, March 11 -- US stock indices were mixed on Wednesday after the flat consumer inflation data and amid rising oil prices.

At 10:20 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 212.58 points, or 0.45%, to 47,493.93, the S&P 500 gained 7.05 points, or 0.10%, to 6,788.53 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 108.60 points, or 0.48%, to 22,805.71.

At the open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 15.7 points, or 0.03%, to 47690.76. The S&P 500 rose 8.6 points, or 0.13%, to 6790.09​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 74.2 points, or 0.33%, to 22771.267.

The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded a 2.4% year-on-year increase for February, mirroring the inflationary pace seen in the previous month.

"February's inflation numbers were ...