US stocks end mostly lower as markets await Fed rate hike

US stocks end mostly lower as markets await Fed rate hike

New York: Wall Street stocks mostly fell Tuesday as markets awaited a key Federal Reserve decision and digested another report showing elevated inflation. Major indices had opened with modest gains but weakened thereafter as investors pondered the likelihood that the Fed would announce a 0.75-percentage-point interest rate increase on Wednesday instead of the telegraphed 0.5-percentage-point … Read more