How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 6/18/2025

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U.S. stocks drifted aft the Federal Reserve indicated it whitethorn chopped involvement rates doubly this year, though it’s acold from definite astir that

U.S. stocks drifted aft the Federal Reserve indicated it whitethorn chopped involvement rates doubly this year, though it’s acold from definite astir that.

The S&P 500 ended fundamentally level Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite roseate 0.1%.

Treasury yields besides wavered but yet held comparatively dependable aft Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the cardinal slope is inactive waiting to spot what the effects of tariffs volition beryllium connected the system earlier deciding its adjacent moves connected involvement rates. The terms of lipid swung successful its latest yo-yo moves amid warring betwixt Israel and Iran.

On Wednesday:

The S&P 500 fell 1.85 points, oregon little than 0.1%, to 5,980.87.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 44.14 points, oregon 0.1%, to 42,171.66.

The Nasdaq composite roseate 25.18 points, oregon 0.1%, to 19,546.27.

The Russell 2000 scale of smaller companies roseate 11 points, oregon 0.5%, to 2,112.96.

For the week:

The S&P 500 is up 3.90 points, oregon 0.1%.

The Dow is down 26.13 points, oregon 0.1%.

The Nasdaq is up 139.45 points, oregon 0.7%.

The Russell 2000 is up 12.46 points, oregon 0.6%.

For the year:

The S&P 500 is up 99.24 points, oregon 1.7%.