Sunday, December 14, 2025 | 10:02 PM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

S&P 500, Dow Jones slip ahead of Fed outlook; Nasdaq scales fresh high

The tech-heavy Nasdaq, by contrast, hit a record high for the fourth straight session, with gains for Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp driving rally

Dow Jones
premium

The benchmark S&P 500 is about 5.5% below its all-time high. Any hint that the Fed could rein in stimulus could derail the stock market's recovery in the past month.

Medha Singh and Devik Jain | Reuters
The S&P 500 and Dow eased on Wednesday, as losses in financial stocks outweighed a boost from technology, with focus shifting to the Federal Reserve's first projections on the economy since the coronavirus outbreak.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq, by contrast, hit a record high for the fourth straight session, with gains for Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp driving a rally which has taken the index back into bull market territory.

The Fed concludes its regular two-day meeting later on Wednesday, with investors set to parse the outcome for signs on how long the central bank plans to