India, June 18 -- After moving to the upside early in the session, stocks gave back ground over the course of the trading day on Wednesday to end the day roughly flat.
While the Nasdaq inched up 25.18 points or 0.1 percent to 19,546.27, the S&P 500 edged down 1.85 points or less than a tenth of a percent to 5,980.87 and the Dow slipped 44.14 points or 0.1 percent to 42,171.66.
The lackluster close on Wall Street came after the Federal Reserve announced its widely expected decision to leave interest rates unchanged.
The Fed said it decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 4.25 to 4.50 percent in support of its dual goals of maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run.
The centra...