07:24 AM EDT, 09/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes were pointing higher in Wednesday's premarket activity ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy decision on interest rates later in the day. Standard & Poor's 500, the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones Industrial Average all increased 0.2% each before the opening bell. The majority of Asian exchanges were tracking in...

Sept 18 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened flat on Wednesday ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy decision later in the day, where investors anticipate an outsized interest-rate cut. At 9:31 a.m. ET (13:31 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 4.19 points, or 0.02%, at 23,673.51. ...

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan There's little left to say about the dominant event of the day - other than how to game markets' reaction to the size of the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut later and what Fed policymakers project over the horizon. Few, if any, doubt the first Fed...

(Updated at 10:58 a.m. ET/ 1458 GMT) By Nikhil Sharma Sept 18 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Wednesday due to losses in energy shares, even as markets braced for the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy decision due later in the day. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 105.02 points, or 0.44%, at 23,572.68. At...