Fed On Hold, Markets Steady In Dull Session After Shaky Start To Week

With the Federal Reserve deciding that there would be no raise to the federal funds rate, as expected, US indices finished the day modestly higher, though the S&P 500 struggled to gain and the NYSE Composite finished in the red.

That was about all there was to the day, as investors took a break from the rabid pace set largely by President Trump's first ten days in office.

The next FOMC rate policy meeting isn't until March 14-15, though analysts and economists are still relatively certain that the Fed will continue to leave rates unchanged.

At The Close, Wednesday, February 1, 2016:
Dow: 19,890.94, +26.85 (0.14%)
NASDAQ: 5,642.65, +27.86 (0.50%)
S&P 500: 2,279.55, +0.68 (0.03%)
NYSE Composite: 11,207.24, -15.71 (-0.14%)