Federal Reserve officials held interest rates steady, pausing to assess the inflation outlook following a string of rate reductions last year.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq saw limited overall gains on Wednesday as losses in Apple and Nvidia offset broader advances. Investor attention focused on the U.S. Federal Reserve's anticipated decision to maintain steady interest rates,

U.S. stock indexes slipped Wednesday after the Federal Reserve opted not to cut interest rates for the first time since it began trying to help the economy through easier rates in September. The S&P 500 fell 0.

Equity markets diverged Wednesday as attention turned away from recent turbulence in tech stocks to the outlook for interest rates, with the Fed and the ECB both holding their first

U.S. stock indexes are drifting on Wednesday, ahead of the Federal Reserve’s upcoming decision on interest rates and after two days of disruption driven by doubts about the artificial-intelligence boom.