U.S. stock-market indexes held on to modest gains on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve left key interest rates unchanged and signaled the central bank was on track to increase rates in December. The S&P 500 was up by 4 points, or 0.2%, to 2,579. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 41 points, or 0.2%, to 23,419. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index fell 19 points, or 0.3%, to 6,708. The ICE U.S. Dollar index , which measured the dollar against the basket of six major rivals, trimmed earlier gains to trade up 0.1% at 94.620. Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury yield fell 3 basis points to 2.35%.
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