Stocks Open Little Changed on Fed Day. Investors Stay Focused on Israel and Iran.
The stock market overcome some early jitters to start Wednesday’s Federal Reserve interest-rate decision day with modest gains as Wall Street remained anxious about the conflict between Israel and Iran.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 100 points, or 0.2%. The S&P 500 was up 0.3%. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.3%.
WTI crude oil prices jumped another 0.6% to $75.28 a barrel, up from around $60 at the end of May.
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