Tue, 20 Aug 2013 16:33:09 GMT
U.S. stocks mostly gain before Fed; DJ stayed at 6-week low
U.S. shares advanced, excluding the Dow Jones, following better-than-forecast earnings data, while the Fed stimulus tapering worries continue in the background. The Standard & Poor's 500 advanced 0.22% to 1,649.69 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.02% to 15,007.94, while the Nasdaq Composite inched up 0.30% to 3,599.93.