NEW YORK (AP) – A brief afternoon rally faded away on Wall Street, leaving indexes narrowly mixed on the day.
The short-lived advance Wednesday came after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting suggested the central bank wouldn’t begin raising interest rates next month.
The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 27 points, or 0.2 percent, to 18,285.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index gave up two points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,125. The Nasdaq composite declined a point, less than 0.1 percent, to 5,071.
All three indexes wavered between gains and losses throughout the day.