U.S. consumer prices rose 2.4% from a year ago in February, data showed, matching economists' expectations.The Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% last month from January, also matching the expectations of economists polled by Reuters, after rising 0.2% the previous month. The in-line report on Wednesday morning is cast in shadow by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, which has driven a large rise in crude-oil prices and sparked investor concern about ​inflation down the road.[....]